Flames Dot Malik raps out of Rochester, New York and records for Benny the Butcher's Black Soprano Family. Two Face, released today, is a thirteen-track album produced by DVNTBEATS with Pastelle Records a Chicago label with DVNTBEATS as its in-house producer taking a third billing alongside the artist and the beats. That's an unusual triangle: a Rochester MC, a Chicago label and the producer between them. The format is the decision Thirteen tracks in twenty-three minutes. Almost nothing crosses the two-minute mark; the opener "Joe" runs 1:22, "Vietnam" 1:21, "Wrist In The Jar" 1:32. This is not an album of verses with room to breathe, it's a run of statements, and at that density the sequencing has to do the work that individual songs usually do. Guests are used sparingly Hunnaloe on "Magic," DJ Lucas on "To Whom It May Concern," Panamera P on "Wrist In The Jar" and the rest is Malik alone. Context Malik has been prolific across two lanes: BSF records with the extended Butcher network The Fix 2 in August carried Benny, Fuego Base, Estee Nack and Che Noir and a parallel run with Pastelle and DVNTBEATS, including Scarface last November. Two Face sits firmly in the second lane, and it's worth noting that one of its strongest tracks, "Mirrors & Smoke," already came out as a single with a video in September. Anyone who followed that one knows what the album sounds like. No mix or mastering credits are listed. For listeners who like their rap concentrated rather than sprawling, twenty-three minutes that refuse to pad is a better offer than most hour-long records.
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