Feature: T Breezy & Walkerboy – Souths Most Wanted

T Breezy and Walkerboy reveal their debut mixtape SOUTHS MOST WANTED, a collaborative puzzle.
Crafting a footbed of melodic drill and trap from start to finish – SOUTHS MOST WANTED is a vibrant showcase of the two rappers’ dexterity, where throughout the brothers nod to the dynamic duos that have followed in hip hop’s history.
Armed with their successful balance of hope and aggression fuelled by the experiences of the postcode that raised them, the mixtape buoys with didactic interludes highlighting Inverell scenes-capes amongst high-energy percussion and free-flowing bars.
Highlights over SOUTHS MOST WANTED’s 12 tracks include ‘WHAT DO’, an anthem of their inevitable come up set to an instrumental sitting somewhere between the syncopated shaker rhythms of Mystikal and a relaxed, Craig David like garage edge. With music video shot by Nathan Brown shot on-ground at Inverell’s south side, the duo’s hometown and tight knit community are featured in the spotlight, juxtaposing their current day with their aspirational bars of ambition.
Together they arm their community with the shared joy of their art, where a lack of access and resources in regional NSW present is a very real barrier in new music discovery.
‘PAID‘, juxtaposes the humble brag against whatever means to an end activity one might need to secure to facilitate their dreams.
‘CLAP’ the tape’s darkest lean, bound by a simple yet effectively looped sample makes clear T Breezy and Walkerboy’s intent to leave no prisoner where a beat is concerned – channelling a similar, ‘Dirt Off Your Shoulder’ stance to the naysayers on Jay Z’s triumphant The Black Album.
The sincere and hopeful ‘ALONE’, indebted to Memphis cassette culture, remarks on the necessary focus required in the pursuit of hustle. ‘FRINGE’ marries the harpsichord-guitar sound flanked in nostalgic R&B making a claim for not only its mainstream return, but its place in drill.
Breezy makes his deepest motivations clear on ‘NO DISCUSSION’ – “I made something out of nothing” – dedicating much of his effort to his community and those around him stuck in the system.
‘CHIT CHAT’ appears as if to be their tribute to Timbaland and Missy, giving way to a Three-6 Mafia sample filtered through melodic keys as Walkerboy bobs and weaves through the trials that almost got in his wanted way.
T Breezy & Walkerboy’s debut mixtape SOUTHS MOST WANTED is out now via Trackwork.