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Ghanaian-American Hip Hop artist Blitz The Ambassador has served up a new EP entitled ‘The Warm Up Ep’ which serves as a prelude for his upcoming 3rd album ‘Afropolitan Dreams’.
Blitz has an acute lyrical sense to be able to flow in and out of English, and his native tongue without even breaking a sweat. He retains a very strong presence throughout his tracks and his lyrics are never without meaning. The ‘Warm Up EP’ is a colorful arrangement of what’s to come of his new album.
People will hear songs on this EP and say that they sound dated. I ask … what is dated in music? Good music will always be good music – and this is good music. There’s a very natural and unprocessed sound to ‘The Warm Up Ep’. You can tell that Blitz craves to carve out his own sounds and stay true to his African roots.
The standout track on the album would have to be the single ‘Dikembe’. While I do feel there are lyrically stronger tracks on the album, ‘Dikembe’ is the whole package. He’s got this fantastic flow going on and the beat induces instant head bopping. With a running time of just under two and a half minutes the track is DYING for another verse (hopefully this will come with the album).
Other standout tracks include the thoughtful mellow ‘Bisa’ Ft. Nneka & Ty; the electrifying Busta Rhymes sampled ‘The Warm Up’ Ft. Fashawn and the powerful ‘Royalty’. Listeners will be nostalgic of all of the “Africa” themed samples and references on the EP including; dialogue from ‘Coming To America’ and ‘Shaft In Africa’, and even a nice little reference to the “Playa Hater” customer from ‘Next Friday’.
‘The Warm Up EP’ is a vibrant selection of songs and really demonstrates the versatility we can expect on the album – not just from Blitz but on the features he’s chosen to include. From such strong songs on the EP it’ll be interesting to see which songs make the album cut and what new tracks are going to be included.