DOWNLOAD: For The Glory – Nacho Picasso

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Nacho Picasso’s proper debut LP, For The Glory, was one of 206UP.COM’s most anticipated SEA releases of 2011. Talk around the office water cooler mostly centered around the crew handling production on the album: Blue Sky Black Death. Seattle’s most well-known unknown production outfit is the party responsible for the greater majority of sound on FTG, one that pairs the duo’s well-developed ominous electro with Southern trap’s familiar slap and bounce.

The idea of coupling of Nacho’s Wayne-ish rasp and punchline flow with BSBD’s dark atmospherics sounded odd at first, but FTG shows the Cloud Nice-affiliated MC is the perfect man to handle the job. His toned-down flow suggests rap vocals set on a low boil. Dude is subtle enough to hypnotize at times but maintains a heinous wit that borders on the sociopathic (or at least darkly comedic). It’s true the act wears thin after a while — the album could have benefited from a bit more diversity in sonics — but with tracks like “Bad Breaks” (which sounds like the score to your most frightening Halloween night, ever) and the get-lifted-with-me slow crawl of “NumbNuts,” most repetition can be forgiven.

206, meet your newest and most charismatic rap star, Nacho Picasso.