Really I felt the beats were a lot more melodic and smooth on this one. Vs turpentine, Steel Wool, and some others on Bo Jackson.
This one here is an interesting bag because Great Adventures, No Laughing Matter, and Bumps and Bruises are incredibly soulful and smooth. And then joints like Moth Flame, Francis, and Hot Water Tank are some of the most menacing sounding joints they've done together, period.
So there's not much in between on here.
Bo Jackson had a lot of joints that sounded tough, but maybe not quite menacing. Like Steel Wool that you mentioned. EPMD, Fake Flowers, First 48, Brickmile...Flight Risk was the most outright menacing joint on
Bo Jackson IMO. Turpentine was smooth but I don't think of it as pure soulful in the way I think of some of the ones on this new joint.
Bo Jackson sounded really colorful and vibrant to me, and not as dark as this or
Price of Tea.