#38 Spesh

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Benny The Butcher, 38 Spesh - High Stakes [Official Video]

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38 Spesh & Conway The Machine - Speshal Machinery

Rome Streetz - Nose Kandy 5

Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist - Voir Dire

El Camino - They Spit On Jesus

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Decibel Boost Album Roundup (MAK MUSIC Edition): OCTOBER

Welp, my thoughts on albums in October are here and ready! Also, now I can link my Bluesky and Threads accounts!

OK, got a couple more of these things to do this year but we made it to October and hey, it was my birthday month! Also, spooky month and well, all of that is gone now and what I got left is the albums I listened to in October… even though there isn’t much for me to talk about. I mean, there’s one album that came out that I hope the review is up by now but most of the stuff that came out happened…

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38 Spesh & Method Man - SPESHAL METHODS (produced by Jimmy Dukes) [Official Video]

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NEW VISUALS: #BENNYTHEBUTCHER X #38SPESH "MONEY COUNTER"

Benny the Butcher and 38 Spesh have teamed up once again for the long-awaited sequel Stabbed & Shot 2, released in October 2024. This album continues their gritty, street-oriented storytelling with a sharp blend of lyricism and vivid narratives. One of the standout tracks, “Money Counter,” already has a visual to accompany it, highlighting their continued mastery of hard-hitting, raw hip-hop. The…

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38 Spesh & Conway the Machine - Speshal Machinery (Big Ghost LTD Version)

Produced by Big Ghost LTD

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38 Spesh & Benny The Butcher Freestyle SWAY’S UNIVERSE

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38 Spesh & Conway the Machine— Speshal Machinery (T.C.F. Music Group)

The first joint album by 38 Spesh and Conway the Machine is a needed change of pace for both of them. While it is hardly groundbreaking, it shows that they are in a good form.

Conway the Machine’s career has gone downhill since 2020. His moves to get more attention to his music forced him to record more music than he had, resulting in endless self-cannibalization. The Buffalo MC’s been repeating himself so much that listeners have stopped paying attention to new material and returned to his old, much more original and focused, work. 38 Spesh, on the other hand, didn’t even have the highs Conway had. His music was always solid, and even though he never had a breakthrough, he was always reliable as a producer and as an MC.

Their collaboration helped them overcome an obstacle. Neither is at pulling an LP by themselves. Collaboration saves them from repeating themselves too much. “Intro” already sets the tone, with both MCs trading bars like they worked together all their lives: “Went to jail for lil' money on that block they chasin' / At federal trial fightin' like Gervonta Davis / And now they hear the guards lock they cages/ Ain't seen they kids in so long, they forgot they ages.”

It’s unfortunate this is the only song they trade bars on. For the rest of the album they either deliver their verses one after another or make solo tracks (“Fireplace” for 38 Spesh). Bringing in additional help like ElCamino and Emanny spares Conway from singing on hooks, something he failed at repeatedly on his solo CDs. ElCamino on “Been Through” sounds especially in his place on chorus here: “They don't know what I been through / All this gangsta shit I'm into / Four deep, ridin' in a Benzo / Two gats hangin' out the window.”

Speshal Machinery moves back and forth between conventional boom bap and more relaxed, mid-paced production. It works for both 38 Spesh and Conway the Machine, their macho postures toned down. Keeping it under 30 minutes, Speshal Machinery is nothing special, yet nothing is special in hip hop these days.

Ray Garraty

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Kool G Rap x 38 Spesh x AZ - Born Hustler (Official Music Video)

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Benny The Butcher, 38 Spesh - WHO REALLY THE KING [Official Video]

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Missiles (feat. 38 Spesh & Conway)

Missiles (feat. 38 Spesh & Conway)

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