
Saigon - Belly of the Beast [The Scram Jones Files]
From Issue #4 of Foundation Magazine
WORDS: Richard Mixin
For fans of Saigon, this is a necessary grab. Saigon comes correct over most the beats that he’s given, with a smooth flow and good delivery. You’ve probably heard some of these songs before, but with production by Scram Jones and Statik Selektah doin’ his thing on the tables, it puts his verses in a new light. Check for track 29, “Whispers”. With a swirling pad behind the beat, Saigon talks to issues of death, disease and the ills of hood life. The track “Desperado” has appeared on plenty of other mixtapes, but I haven’t gotten sick of it yet. This tape shows that Saigon definitely still has what it takes to make a name for himself. Let’s hope that his album gets out eventually, and him and Just Blaze can stop blogging at each other.

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