Ghostface Killah doesn't show up to compilations to coast and "Heavy Artillery" makes that clear from the jump. Produced entirely by DJ Profluent, whose sonic fingerprint runs through the whole Reshaping The Culture Vol. 1 project, the track pairs the Wu-Tang veteran with Shyst Vader, a New York-born, Raleigh-raised MC who carries years of underground groundwork into every verse. The drums are weighted and deliberate, the kind of boom bap architecture that demands a certain level of pen to compete on — and Shyst Vader, who describes himself as "The Legendary Rookie," arrives with enough command to hold his own. The compilation itself, executive produced by EMG CEO Jeffrey Burton and hosted by DJ Whoo Kid, pulls together a generational cross-section of East Coast names, and this particular pairing lands as one of its more focused moments: two MCs, one producer, no filler.
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