Listen to Sidewaalk Kal’s “Reflections”: The Ones
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Sidewaalk Kal: “Reflections”
A sharp pen and a good ear for beats is all you need. That’s what you get on Sidwaalk Kal’s brUUUuuuhHHHhhhh, 11 joints of tough-minded East Coast rhymes spiced up with a flow so buttery that if he ever dropped an 05 Fuck Em–length mixtape, I could down it no problem. One of the tape’s standouts is “Reflections,” where Brooklyn producer Hajino’s rainy-day head knocker sets the tone and Kal blacks out with the ease of a Tyshawn Jones kickflip: “Scratchin’ on the noggin and plottin’ deep on the cash moves/’Cause cash rules, this world nutty everyday cashews.” I’m going to play this one into the dirt.
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