With a new home at HiPNOTT Records, it seems that New Jersey-based emcee Cymarshall Law is finally back with a new official release. Although it’s been about two years since he and Mr. Joeker dropped Hip Hop in the Soul, his latest EP, entitled Creators Kid, seems to pick up right where the 2008 LP left off. With production handled mainly by Sweden’s D-Slaps, Cy’s latest release starts off strong and shows that even though he hasn’t released an album in a couple of years, he still means business.
The first track, “Harder Than Thou” featuring DJ JS-1, is arguably the most impressive song on the seven track EP. Starting out strong, a prominent bass line accompanied by sharp snares with a very gritty feel provide a fitting backdrop for Cymarshall’s charged rhymes. He’s obviously passionate about what he’s saying, and bars such as “But I ain’t Carrie Underwood / Know me I’m from the hood, where our favorite phrase is ‘we wish a motherfucker would’ / Try to take what I worked so hard for / You gotta feel me if you ever been or are poor,” will speak directly to much of Cy’s audience. JS-1 comes in on the scratch hook bringing some classic lines from Queensbridge emcees such as Nas and Mobb Deep that emphasize the point that the track is trying to convey.
This continues into “Life is a Movie,” where Cymarshall Law flips movies into punchlines. His creative approach focuses on the titles of the movies rather than the content of the films, so it doesn’t alienate someone who might not be a movie buff from being able to appreciate the track. However, it does make one wonder how many movies Cy has watched in his life to be able to come up with an almost four-minute-long song of rhymes like “You’re the hitman, I’m an invisible target / But find out I’m the shooter and you become the departed / I’m writing like fighting with Tyson eleven rounds / You know you messed up like Will Smith in Seven Pounds.
The first track, “Harder Than Thou” featuring DJ JS-1, is arguably the most impressive song on the seven track EP. Starting out strong, a prominent bass line accompanied by sharp snares with a very gritty feel provide a fitting backdrop for Cymarshall’s charged rhymes. He’s obviously passionate about what he’s saying, and bars such as “But I ain’t Carrie Underwood / Know me I’m from the hood, where our favorite phrase is ‘we wish a motherfucker would’ / Try to take what I worked so hard for / You gotta feel me if you ever been or are poor,” will speak directly to much of Cy’s audience. JS-1 comes in on the scratch hook bringing some classic lines from Queensbridge emcees such as Nas and Mobb Deep that emphasize the point that the track is trying to convey.
This continues into “Life is a Movie,” where Cymarshall Law flips movies into punchlines. His creative approach focuses on the titles of the movies rather than the content of the films, so it doesn’t alienate someone who might not be a movie buff from being able to appreciate the track. However, it does make one wonder how many movies Cy has watched in his life to be able to come up with an almost four-minute-long song of rhymes like “You’re the hitman, I’m an invisible target / But find out I’m the shooter and you become the departed / I’m writing like fighting with Tyson eleven rounds / You know you messed up like Will Smith in Seven Pounds.
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