The ever ambiguous Alejo has partnered up with the venerable Colony Productions to release the sequel to last year's widely acclaimed Tough Cuts Vol. 1. Expounding on his head-nod narrative, Tough Cuts Vol. 2 hints at a madman on a mission for mischief, riding around in a cheap “hooptie” while the pungent odor of petrol bleeds out of the exhaust.

Tough Cuts Vol. 2 takes the listener on a joy ride through coarse growls and back alley rhythms. Moving through each cut, Alejo touches on sharp low end stabs, eery harmonies, and atypical phrasing, fleshing out a deep dive through the brazen styles of broken-beat music. The entire EP swings with an urban gait, saturated strictly by no-nonsense frequencies. Through the sparse melodies, you can almost smell the old cigarette butts and dried Gatorade in the back seat of the Squad’s beater car, with the pervasive feeling of tomfoolery in the air. There’s no substitute for the sheer bite of hip-hop’s bass drenched derivatives, and Alejo continues to consistently hone in on each stylistic mutation from release to release.

If you’re in the market for the sharpest fidelity bass music in a golden-era variety, be sure to grab Tough Cuts Vol. 2 and other top tier selections from Colony Productions’ time tested catalog.

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