Despite rolling with a name that brings to mind some sort of rejected Adult Swim cartoon character, there’s nothing buffoonish about SpaceGhostPurpp’s music. A South Floridian producer and emcee, he’s been slowly creating ripples throughout the underbelly of the Internet with a series of low-fi (and sometimes brilliantly cruddy sounding) mixtapes that excel at conjuring up a ominous vibe. Now, with Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurpp, he’s gone back to his dingy lab and tarted up some of his older material while adding some fresh additions to his vault. By doing so, he’s created one of the essential Rap albums of the early Summer.
“Mystikal Maze” opens up the ten-track project and sets the tone for things to come. The eerie beat is topped by Purpp’s hazy and hushed vocals, as he outlines his agenda: “I don’t have money/ I don’t have cars/ All I got is the truth and a couple of bars/ All I need is a beat some O-to-the-E/ Destroying competition ’cause the style is unique.” This knack of weaving together brag rhymes and nuggets of introspection is one Purpp continues to pull off throughout the album, capped by “The Black God,” which resonates like an eerie trek through the recesses of his inner mind.
Purpp’s association with new generation Rap stars like A$AP Rocky and the Odd Future oiks is well documented, but as Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurpp unravels, it’s the influence of sometime collaborator Juicy J that begins to come to the fore. Just like the Three 6 Mafia man, Purpp is beginning to craft a signature production sound that exists in it own zone and is receiving recognition without pandering to popular fads; songs like “Osiris Of The East” and the closer, “Paranoid,” testify to his talent, as they muster up a spooky atmosphere without ever becoming cliched or (ugh) coming off as Horrorcore-like. This singular sound gives the project a wonderful sense of cohesiveness and gels Purpp’s vision together with a maturity beyond his young years. Long may his chronicles continue.
Completely agree with this review. One of the summer’s best listens.
And where can I find this? I looked on datpiff but I guess it’s not a mixtape, so I looked on iTunes and found nothing. I’m really interested in listening HMU!
Drops tomorrow. iTunes/Amazon/mom&pop that bitch.
http://pitchfork.com/news/46759-listen-to-spaceghostpurrps-mysterious-phonk-the-chronicles-of-spaceghostpurrp/
Great review. I think this will not only be one of the best albums of the summer, but perhaps the entire year. I’ve been listening to it pretty heavily. There really isn’t another artist out there doing what SGP is doing, so much respect. The question is how broad is the guy’s appeal?
Bruh don’t diss on SPACE GHOST COAST 2 COAST man I watched that shit when I was just a fucking kid, but before Adult Swim even started on Cartoon Network yet. Back in the 90’s and shit. THAT SHIT WAS HARD AS FUCK BRO WITH THEM KID’S CUISINES AND ALLA THAT SHIT BRUH FUCK WITH ME.
space is a beast!!!
Argubaly one of the best albums in past 18 months…Tight work SPG.
*SGP
3/5 at best
HEEELL Y EEEZZZ NIKKKAS
FINALLY IT HAPPENED – JUST BOUGHT A NEW RIDE – A CAM A RO CONVERTIBLE.GOT APPROVED FOR 26 LARGE. BEEN 5 YRS SINCE IVE GOTTEN SHYT APPROVED, BUT NOW ALL MY CRE DIT SHEET GONE. ALL OF IT.
IF YOU STRUGGLING WITH THAT CRE DIT HISTORY ISHH, GET RID OF ALL DAT TODAY – CALL THESE PEEPS AT 8^8^8-9-2-7 -3-3-5-6. . THEY DO AMAZING WORK AND THEY ARE CHEAP AS FUQQ. GOT RID OF ALL MY SHYYT IN NO TIME.
MY HOMEBOY WAS IN THE GUTTA TOO, AND HE CLEANER THAN ME NOW-gettin a condo!!
Hit em up – THEY WILL HELP U!!
Easily one of the best albums this year.
Well deserved rating IMO! Even if Purrp recycled old mixtape material and remastered it… I was kinda expecting original material but this is still dope regardless!
Bringing Tha Phonk, The Black God, Raider Prayer, Mystical Maze, Paranoid… I could go on! So many bangers on this shit!
14 songs not 10 and album of the year no doubt. i love the mix of new songs n the remastered beats so true fans can finally bang his classics in da whip
lol, some of the hooks are masterpieces of ignorance. perhaps i have to be on some harder stuff to feel it.
shit bangs!
BELOW on every new video article and basically any new piece of content
Don’t get ya head bust nigga! Too fucking dope!
SPVCX
best album 2012
cool
I like it.
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SpaceGhostPurrrp Has me listening to this cd all day everyday ever since it came out!!! Shoutout to the Raider Clan
GOOD JOB ON THE RATING
HEEELL Y EEEZZZ NIKKKAS
FINALLY IT HAPPENED – JUST BOUGHT A NEW RIDE – A CAM A RO CONVERTIBLE.GOT APPROVED FOR 26 LARGE. BEEN 5 YRS SINCE IVE GOTTEN SHYT APPROVED, BUT NOW ALL MY CRE-DIT SHEET GONE. ALL OF IT.
IF YOU STRUGGLING WITH THAT CRE-DIT HISTORY ISHH, GET RID OF ALL DAT TODAY – CALL THESE PEEPS AT 8^8^8-9-2-7 -3-3-5-6. . THEY DO AMAZING WORK AND THEY ARE CHEAP AS FUQQ. GOT RID OF ALL MY SHYYT IN NO TIME.
MY HOMEBOY WAS IN THE GUTTA TOO, AND HE CLEANER THAN ME NOW-gettin a condo!!
Hit em up – THEY WILL HELP U!!
4/5 is where I stand.
HHDX, I can’t see the comments
DX, are you seriously retarded? Like, I’m not even joking. This has to be one of the most horrible piece of shit albums I ever heard in my life. THe production is FUCKING HORRIBLE! Whoever made the beats is tone deaf! The sounds don’t even go together, they’re not in the right key or anything! And he fuckin sucks!! Yall must be on something to give this a 4. Really…all i can say is WTF.
I’m sorry, but I’m not getting the high-ass rating… I listened to about 4 tracks, and stopped listening out of sheer boredom. The rapping was amateurish, and the beats… nevermind, the beats were amateurish as well. The only reason I checked for this was because of remembering seeing his name on the production credits for ASAP Rocky’s mixtape. Now, I know ASAP is no top-tier MC, but this guy makes ASAP sound like the second coming of G Rap…
PS I fucking HATE “swag”. Swag swag
PSS But cotdamn, I swag SO HARD.
swag
3/5 is more fair.
This nigga a lame.. i fuck wit a few of his songs.. If this shit came out in 08-09.. nobody would fuck with em’.. They Say time will tell… times tells us that its easy to get scene, its easy to drop lackful lyrics and get recognition.. shii.. I styll bop to a few of his tracks doe. im not an all around hater on this guy.
Great atmosphere.
different,,,shit ia cool,,,,,,,like the hook
…am i the only one that realises this shit is garbage??? I FEEL LIKE IM TAKING CRAZY PILLS HERE PEOPLE!!!!
Mysterious Phonk is a great name for this. That’s exactly what it is, mysterious. The instrumentals sound like they came from a serial killer movie. Buy this shit.
dis shit fie
azing