Mista Pigz & Mike iLL "Sewer Plant Kids" [ALBUM]

 

Sewer Plant Kids is the kind of record that only exists because two people decided to document something real before time moved past it. Mista Pigz — one of Upstate New York's most consistent underground voices, a fixture in the Capital District scene since long before Albany rap got any outside attention — and producer Mike iLL, whose relationship with Pigz runs back through shared neighborhoods in the 845 and 518, finally deliver the collaborative full-length they've been sitting on. Mike iLL handles all ten productions and adds cuts across several tracks, keeping the sound unified: deliberate drum patterns, textured samples, the kind of boom bap that breathes without rushing. Mista Pigz brings the storytelling of someone who's seen Upstate New York from inside — not nostalgia, just precision. Shyste Chronkyte and Animal Cracker appear as guests, both brief and fitting. For anyone who's followed Pigz's output through Final Word Records and beyond, this is a record they've been owed for a while.