Belleville, New Jersey emcee/producer Action Figure 973 celebrating the vacation season a pair days early together with his tenth EP. For some time at this level, Act-Lo’s first 2 mixtapes adopted by his final 9 EPs & the full-length debut DOOM Was Right merely 7 months in the past giving flowers to one among my all-time private favourite albums Madvillainy have every established himself as a promisingly expert luchador who so occurs to rap. It’s virtually been a couple of months since The Most Interesting Man in the World obtained with Machacha for his sophomore effort & is able to spit recreation on Lucha Libra for Christmas over per week after former PWG World Champion, record-tying 2-time World Heavyweight Champion & the longest reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther retired former 17-time WWE world champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion, 5-time WWE United States Champion & 4-time WWE tag staff champion John Cena at Saturday Night’s Main Event XLII.
After the intro, “Noche Buena” begins with this drumless chipmunk soul opener referencing WWE Hall of Famer & 4-time WWE tag staff champion Chief Jay Strongbow whereas “DOOM’s Xmas Special on [adult swim]” works in a piano so he can take a second to deal with Westside Gunn & the WWE’s ongoing beef. “Christmas Coal” soulfully refers back to the anaconda vice submission maintain that was popularized by 8-time WWE world champion CM Punk whereas “Turbo Man” talks about being chased like he’s the fictional Jingle All the Way superhero.
“Wrestling on Christmas” continues the sampling shouting out the late WWE Hall of Famer, former WWE United States Champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion & WCW World Tag Team Champion Rick Rude close to the tip simply earlier than “Bad Santas” that includes Lord Juco compares themselves to the primary characters of the titular vacation comedy crime movie. “Batman Smells” that includes Malcolm Sef references WWE Hall of Famer & 2-time WWE ladies’s world champion Nikki Bella on the backend of it however previous to the “Yule Log” outro, the ultimate track “Chinese Turkey” that includes Hound caps all of it off with a drumless outro speaking about not grinding this difficult to remain the identical.
Coming off the Thank God for Fania beat tape on Black Friday final month, Action Figure 973 will get again on the mic & hyperlinks again up with Circa ‘97 for a holiday-themed sequel to Lucha Libre for the Soul roughly 48 hours away from solstice itself. Certainly a treat for those looking forward to those watching Carmelo Hayes ending Илья́ Руко́бер‘s reign as WWE United States Champion this weekend or the longest reigning AEW World Champion MJF getting payback on Samoa’s Joe by defeating the present 2-time titleholder at World’s End III & the identical goes to the inaugural AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions the Babes of Wrath placing their titles on the road in opposition to the longest reigning ROH Women’s World Champion Athena & the longest reigning AEW tbs Champion and present CMLL Mundial Femenil Campeon Mercedes Moné at World’s End III.
Score: 7/10