Joe Blow Dead Man Smoking Review

Date: 22/02/13

Author: Administrator

Homegrown record label Squid Ninjaz have a huge back catalogue of releases such as Metaphysical, Smoking Skills, Revenge of The Blowfish and Joe Blow's début album titled Dead Man Smoking. Joe Blow is a certified ill emcee bringing lots of energy to his rhymes delivering them in a rugged boom bap style and his debut, is nothing but a classic. The album focuses on hip hop, relationships, life observations and home truths, production wise we have many great names such as Mista Digital, Metabeats, Jnr, Darkhouse fam and features you'll hear Dead Residents, Mudworth, Ral Duke and many more!

Dead Man Smoking kicks off with Hour Glass, the beat is eerie and features a great skit then Joe Blow comes in full effect with his killer flow, ill wordplay and schemes. From here on in you will probably already notice that this album is going to please your eardrums and feed your junkie minds, so keep listening.

Track two is titled Iguarna Spitz and showcases Joe Blow's rough rugged and raw style with a grimy flow and punches with a head nodding hook, not to mention the dope beat and official video! Every track produced has been fine tuned and the video is another great example of the work Joe Blow /Squid Ninjaz are putting in, click play below to see the video!

Joe Blow - Iguarna Spitz

Skipping a few tracks we find ourselves at Track 5 titled 'Fear Me' packed with a grimy hip hop skits and a boombap beat, Joe Blow is a beast who can't be held back, every time coming with a flow to raise eyebrows and more in your face bars. The track also features another emcee known as Ral Duke who complements the track and vibe flawlessly, definitely a great combination for the album.

Jane is track number 9 and features a rugged beat and a slightly slower flow from Joe Blow where he airs issue on relationships and life's lessons adding more substance to the album. We're going to cut the album review short as we don't want to spoil Joe Blows debut for you, scroll down and view the track-list and then go get your copy, we can promise every track will feed your junkie fix and you'll be back soon asking for more.

Tracklist