We’re finally at the finale. After like, eight entire months (and just not… finding the motivation for this for some reason (i know the reason but we’re on a schedule here) but idrc i’m not KNOWN for my punctuality or orderliness) we’re back. For one last time, my FAVORITE music project that was probably released in all of 2022……. Junglepussy’s “JP5000.” All I can say is that she gets it. From the intro to the outro, everything here is expertly exported straight from JP’s mind to our ears. CRITIQUA is our opener, cross-stitching lines into a statement of self. MOVIE SCREEN has a sampled instrumental from an unplaceable point in time, and the rhyme patterns come from an implacable perception. Lines like “I got baggage too, but look what I produce, promoting vegetables? Miss me with the bull” are just insane levels of wordplay and rhyming. She’s simply out of mind, or maybe on the sine of an Absolbot. FOREIGN EXCHANGE has a smooth, familiar similitude to it as well, recounting JP’s experiences with a former lover. Another example of her excellent rhyme schemes happens right at the end of this track. The closer, MYSTICAL, might be my favourite track, with a skipping sample over some snazzy saxophone, reinforcing her desire for keeping men at a distance and wraps up the record with a chill confidence. In summation, it’s a tenacious ten minutes of music and was easily the body of work I found the most compelling overall this year.
[And hey… if you supported this little thing I did all this time, or some of this time, or really any of this time... thanks. I’m not gonna be stupid and sappy about it.]
