I had the intro planned out. I was gonna explain Fall Fwd. Then everything changed. As of right now, the only thing I can think of to say to you is Fall Fwd is the truth. Ha!
Honestly, I could start and end this post with YC The Cynic’s Fall Fwd (released March 1st) is one of my favorite underground projects released this year, and you should immediately download it.
But I’ll expand on that.
First, let me take you back. I remember listening to YC the first time over a year ago. I had received emails from his camp leading up to the release of his last project, You’re Welcome. I thought the kid was cool. I thought You’re Welcome was fresh. I remember meeting YC last summer in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival and he just came-off as a guy who was trying to make quality music that folks would enjoy. On this simple mission, YC delivers.
And on Fall Fwd, he delivers more.
It’s Fall Fwd that ultimately tells the story of an emcee who has grown. Like I said, You’re Welcome was cool but Fall Fwd is great (who knows what the The Spectacle, YC’s next project, will bring). Fall Fwd is lyrically and from a production standpoint a win for YC and ultimately his listeners.
Often a project will hit and it’s cool for a limited amount of time. Which is usually that first or second play. Let’s be honest, a 1000 + songs are released every second, every day. 1000 + new projects hit the Internet daily. Repeatability is what you’re ultimately trying to achieve when you release music. Having had Fall Fwd for weeks prior to the release, it’s still being played.
You can’t help but go back to tracks like Mr. Brown, The Clever, More and More, Hey There Young Man, Suicide, The Harder and the title track Fall Fwd, among others. With features from Soul Khan, Homeboy Sandman, Von Pea, C-Rayz Walz, Sene and others; plus production from J57, OTiS CLaPP, 2 Hungry Bros and more, you’d assume that YC would get lost in the mix. Wrong (Charlie Murphy voice). YC makes sure you know that Fall Fwd is his vision and he owns every track he’s on. The production and features just help YC paint incredible pictures lyrically on every track.
I could say more but now it’s time for you to listen to Fall Fwd and determine how you feel about the project.
His name is YC The Cynic, and he’s an emcee and apparently he strokes beats ever so gently. Ha! Enjoy Fall Fwd. Chea!
You can download for free or purchase via bandcamp. You make the choice.
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