Steeze’s growth as an artist-producer in the recent years has been remarkable, working out impressive records in collaboration with a host of other upcoming acts. This exposure can be particularly linked to the relative success of his Loop Of Henle beat tape, which he released in the first quarters of 2013. Since then, he has lent his bars and produced several songs for artists like DJ Bibini, Yung Pali, Redkad, Deelokz, Rafmaniak, Mic Priest and a host of other acts. Sequel to ‘Loop Of Henle’ is ‘Food’.

His mastery of boom bap and ear for the right samples became his greatest strength on ‘Food’. Although, traces of his sampling ability was heard on ‘Headquarters’ with Redkad, where he jacked a part of Sauce Kid’s ‘E don dey madt’ into a ravaging cut, accompanied by subtle piano riffs.

The most noticeable difference on ‘Food’ largely banks on the chronological arrangement of the samples, which denotes a broader content and extensive test of his ability on the boards; which he didn’t fail at.
On one of the numerous occasions where his prowess was summoned was on ‘A Lil Jazz’.
He competently basks on the cut, looping complex horns and snare drums on battering rattles. One which marvels most on the tape was the multi-syllable-influenced instrumental ‘Rhyme Schemes’, which will get the average listener bopping and miming as it progresses. This was coincidentally preceded by the James Blunt sampled ‘No Alibi’ unarguably one of the best moments on the tape.

However, cuts which would make listeners bop their heads are found on all corners of the tape, but he came in subtle on ‘To Hans [Chi Begins]’ and ‘To Ramin [Open your ‘Wise]’. On the former, he deftly matches up Shaolin percussion which is bridged by a momentary silence before transforming into an upbeat boom Bap.

‘I spread words like butter on toast’ – [Hidden]

As much as he tries to blend the past with the present without compromising his art, the down side of the tape remains in the cuts he decided to be too much RZA-esque. These cuts include ‘Rise of the Igigi, To Ramin, and Word [To my Man], although, the gems in these cuts will be easily identified by hip hop heads not for being too 80s, but for its core which is now considered as being antiquated. The efforts he deployed on ‘Food’ should be enough to put him on the map of go-to producers like XYZ, Deck Zavier, amongst others who have made boom bap their signatures. Even without DJ Babu-like scratches, he still kept things real to the extent that one couldn’t have anything else to say than;” Food is ready, and get ready to be served”.