“My Everlasting Love for Hate.” by DK PH@NTOM!
While hip-hop is an art form of expression through music, the quality of musicality often plays second fiddle to that of authenticity and the WWE-esk machismo that accompanies artists. Musicians are speakers of their own travels, only speaking through the lens of their perspective. There is no greater example of this than DK-PH@NT0M’s latest album “My Everlasting Love for Hate.” a 20-song album which shows PH@NTOM putting pen to pad, providing some of his trademark rough-housing bars to task.
If this is your first introduction to the Detroit emcee, PH@NTOM! begins the album with a public service announcement, preemptively dismissing anyone disagreeing with any syllable of the ensuing content. However, once the album starts, the ensuing 20-tracks, listeners are treated to hip-hop not seen since the early days of Eminem in terms of unleashed savage vitriol where any and everyone could be a target to PH@NTOM’s often attack-ish aggressive nature.
As mentioned before, musicians are storytellers, and PH@NTOM! is no different. In terms of lyrical content, PH@NTOM’s music is equivalent to a feverishly swung middle-finger towards the world and occasionally himself. PH@NTOM’s lyrics feel wishful through the stories he tells as if he’s speaking to a diary of wants rather than making music for the sake of making music. Throughout the album, you’ll appreciate his honest takes surrounding his world.
One of the album’s highlights are the sparse, but impactful guest verses, as they occasionally steal the show each time. Whether it’s the crisp vocals of GB Benji on the brutal track “Curbstomp!” or the two verses crafted by Prophix, you’ll appreciate these verses the few times they appear on the album.
Overall “My Everlasting Love For Hate.” is a solid album if you’re looking to give the throwback grittiness of a 97-Eminem a shot. This album is brash and in your face. A true successor to a bygone era of ruggedness in one of the rudest genres of music.
