Filthy Funk are here with their debut release Funkin Hell and it's a banger. This one kind of caught us off guard in a good way. Having only heard and enjoyed the duo's grime work we were pleasantly surprised to find out that this is a Hip Hop album. Filthy Funk are Dotz and Peterz, most of you will know Dotz from Don't Flop and the grime heads will know them both from the grime collective Blueprint who had success with the Blueprint Planet EP. Dotz has collabed with a lot of emcees over the years and seems to work really well here with Peterz on this 22 track album that Dotz recorded, mixed and mastered himself for the first time in his new studio that is the result of a successful kickstarter campaign. They use a variety of producers throughout the 22 track release which really helps to make each track have its own character.
The album opens with Fuck An Introduction, it starts with a heavy hip hop break produced by Faulty Clicks. It is full of organ stabs and tight cuts giving an energetic build to the start of the release. Dotz and Peterz hit this one in back to back fashion displaying their unique synergy and sound. Long Time Coming sneaks in nicely as if being carefully dropped by a DJ. The instrument used in the sample is hard to describe but sounds real pleasing to the ear and is cut up well by Faulty Clicks. Dotz takes the first with Peterz on the second. Two tracks in and I am loving what I am hearing so far. Stampede changes the tone slightly with a grimey approach to the production from Phocus and with the delivery displayed from the Filthy Funk duo. A great way to add more variety to the release.
"We keep it gully, gully up on these dam streets
Every time we jump on a rhythm we cause stampede,
We keep it gully, gully up on these dam beats,
Every time we jump on a rhythm we cause a stampede."
Nobodies Fault is up next and again we have another example of production masterclass, this time coming from Ritchy Spitz. Real nice old skool sound on the beat yet it manages to still sound modern at the same time. Over this beat Peterz and Dotz tell stories of heart ache over relationships that went wrong. At this point it is clear Filthy Funk have great taste when it comes to selecting producers and beats for album. We Seem Fine starts with an eerily beautiful piano sample that builds to a real smooth hip hop beat. This time we hear about ones struggle with their own mind over a beautiful beat served up by D Seize including some nice cuts over the final hook. Track six "Gone" is again produced by D Seize and is one of our favourites from the release not only for the beat, but also the sick delivery on display as Dotz and Peterz switch up their flow throughout the verses with ease. A stand out track right here.
Filthy Funk - Back When I Was Young SBTV
Another track that immediately stands out just so happens to be the first song to get an official video. The beat seems to effectively capture that old skool hip hop vibe contributing well to the stories of youth retold by Peterz and Dotz. Loving the beat from E Hill and the bars from Filthy Funk and it is good to get an official video from the album. Check it out above. Richy Spitz takes full advantage of another chance to shine with his production on Burn Em Up whilst Peterz and Dotz obliterate this epic beat stacking up the pile of bangers on Funkin Hell. Thinking Again is next and starts with a nice snippet of what I assume is the track that Elbe Kim used to construct this monster rhythm. Peterz and Dotz continue to impress and seem to have really evolved as artists showing that they can fully hold their own when it comes to Hip Hop and Grime. Natrill, who also battles for Don't Flop features on the track and fits in nicely. It is obvious that they put as much time into researching producers as they did writing and perfecting the bars for the album. Tell Us What You Know is another shining example of this, both the performance and bars from the guys and the beat from D Seize are all spot on again.
"They told us that they love us now they telling us they don't,
They told us that we gone make it now the telling us we won't,
They told us it was certain now their telling us to hope
but don't tell us what you think fam just tell us what you know."
Here we hear about the graft, focus and devotion it takes to chase your passion and make it in the rap industry. Filthy Funk seem to be content on making it hard for us to find something we don't like about the album. In track eleven we are educated on the views of Dotz and Peterz when it comes to the music they are making and how they would rather make music from the heart, than sell out for the promise of riches.
"Yo I don't want so much money that I don't know how to spend it,
to the point it makes a person resent it and ends a friendship, I Just,
want to have enough to live a normal life,
with normal kids and normal wife informal is what I like."
A good way of looking at things instead of letting greed take over, and another banging beat from D Seize. Sporadic Shots is the next track and opens with some sick cutz and a neck snapping beat from Pro P. Wordsmith and Natrill join the crew for this one and help to add a little more spice to the release, not that it needed it but it works and is welcomed. Another stand out track for us at Locality Reviews.
Don't Talk To Me is next and features a familiar sounding sample with epic strings from Duggi Beats as Dotz and Peterz fully entertain us with a tale of hanging hard after a heavy night out, something we can all relate to. Very good all round. Track fourteen is equally good when it comes to the lyrical content. Dotz, Peterz and Wordsmiff fully tear up Clown Syndrome with rhymes about general wastemen. Through the hook D.Seize steps up the crazy sounding whistles with samples that to us, sound like circus music and seems to emphasise the element of fun that obviously went into writing the bars for this really funny track. Pot Luck sees the return of Faulty Clicks with a heavy banger of a beat. Big kicks, crisp sounding snares and a cut up electro sounding sample provide the heartbeat for the track all the while Dotz and Peterz are caught up in a car chase that rivals any Hollywood film, trying to avoid causing chaos and failing miserably. The punchine and the whole song will have you in stitches, as it did us.
Still keeping the humour high Stupid Shit follows up quickly with another tight production from D.Seize with Dotz and Peterz barring exactly what it says on the tin.
Filthy Funk - Silent Hill SBTV
The next track Silent Hill has a fresh video that (as we write this) dropped just last night. Check the pure fire above. Featuring Pete Cannon on production, this is usually where we say nuff said. One Day featuring Flo on the hook sees Don Pipers debut on the album completely tearing up the summer vibe with that classic Motown sound. Lovely work on production. Flo is back to bless the hook for a second time on Toke accompanied by a chilled, jazzy approach on the beat complete with perfect intro from D.Seize and we hear Dotz and Peterz pay homage to that sweet, sweet peng.
Track 20,
Sit down and make sure you stay down pussies,
you man are fucking with a bunch of playground bullies,
were taking your lunch money and your mates clown cookies
you should make your way back into the playhouse rookies.
You get the idea for this one right? Sick beat from Phocus and featuring Big Red on the bars. Phocus smashes out another banger of a beat on We The People and we have some lyrics designed to make you think focusing on how people need to come together for mutual gain and need to learn that we are all equal. The album is rounded up with Positive/Negative/Negative /Positive, a deep one from Dotz, Peterz and Faulty Clicks. Beautiful beat and intriguing lyrics to wrap this one up.
I have to say we had a lot of fun reviewing this, some high quality production from all the producers involved and an outstanding performance throughout from both Peterz and Dotz. This album has every thing from deep stuff to really funny shit, we honestly laughed a hell of a lot while writing this review. It is backed up by a solid collection beats and some guest appearances from feature emcees over a massive 22 tracks. This comes highly recommended from us at Locality Reviews and this gem will be available for free down load on Bandcamp as soon as the link goes live on the 22nd of March. Big up Filthy Funk and massive respect on this highly impressive debut album. Follow Filthy Funk on Facebook and Twitter for links to the down load as soon as it is evaluable.
Reviewd by Double S and N.D.L.C.
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