Away from the spotlight and sheltered from current trends in rap, the disciplined D-Track has been sharpening his pencil and perfecting his verb since his beginnings in the mid-2000s. D-Track is the apostle of an ideal of a studious rap which puts the text forward; on Hull, his fourth album, he renews his wedding vows to hip-hop: “Since I was young, the microphone attracts me, I’m compatible / I told the guidance counselor It’s my avenue, it’s my future ”, he says on the extract Soroche, a duet with none other than Akhénaton from IAM, undoubtedly a role model for the MC of Gatineau, who gave the reins of musical composition and production to the prolific Nicholas Craven. This one has carved out a niche in sample-based soul and funk productions, recreating that boom bap vibe from the 1990s that serves the prosody of D-Track so well. “In this rap-game I’m just happy to play,” he says on Mr. McDermott (duet with Robert Nelson). The game is not over for him, but he still played his best shot with Hull.
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