Kidd Called Quest feat. RJ Payne & Pretty Bulli "Ferocious" [SINGLE]

 

Kidd Called Quest — Rochester, New York producer Jason Martin, known for output under the Young Black And Gifted banner alongside MC Azariah — delivers a drum-driven, moody sample-flip that clears space without overreaching. Over it, RJ Payne (Philadelphia) and Pretty Bulli (Buffalo, NY) trade bars with the kind of controlled aggression that makes the sub-two-and-a-half-minute runtime feel fully loaded rather than abbreviated. Both artists wrote their own contributions independently; the seam between them is tighter than most planned collaborations manage. Midnitebeatz handles the mix. Kidd Called Quest has been building a specific lane — skills-forward, no-gimmicks boom-bap, with a regional network that stretches into Pennsylvania and Minnesota through ongoing collaborations — and "Ferocious" represents that approach at a clean peak. Pretty Bulli's presence links back to the ongoing Garcia/Quest axis visible in their "Then & Now" album from 2024; Payne's Philly cadence adds a different energy weight to the cut. Compact and unambiguous.