DJ Speedsta’s 120 Ocean View Drive: Almost Doesn’t Count
I find myself a bit puzzled at the relationship between Speedsta and Zooci Coke Dope on the album that largely has Zooloo’s Production. DJ Speedsta lets us know in the intro that the title of the album is the address at which the album was put together, and I assume Zooci was present, but I'm not sure if that necessitates Zooloo's voracious features on almost every song on the album. The album is the only album of 2025 that has the strongest pulse compared to its counterparts, which seem to perpetuate the notion that “hip hop is dead”. The opening song features Priddy Ugly and KashCPT and misleads one into thinking the project is conscious, but it’s the only song on the album with the drums and (boom bap) lyrical content of its nature. The transition into Die Mondez’s “Unidentified” is basic and almost sudden. The song is fast-paced and trappy even after the beat switch, and one's goosebumps are raised after hearing Maglera’s iconic fluit , but the track listing of this son...