New York in the early 2000’s left a stamp in rap. The music lived in the NYC streets back then and even though the sound of right now is far from that, we can still see its effects heavily linger throughout the game.
Phinelia is definitely an artist who sounds inspired by those times. His street records bring NYC to Boston. One of the standouts from his latest projects, PSP2, is “More Money No Problems” ft Easy Money, which is a gritty track that utilizes that bang-bang sound for the club. Phinelia plays around with flows and his rhymes carry over the heavy hitting production.
This track will definitely have to come up through the streets itself, but with Fat Joe and Remy Ma coming out with “All The Way Up” and working on a soon to be released album, a version of this sound is proven to be successful. Phinelia’s other tracks are all pretty well versed, but I think his lyrics are what will ultimately distinguish himself from his competition.
Listen to “More Money No Problems” below.