She Had No Man, Now She Has No Gown
Yeah guys, naked women.
Wait it gets better…. Lemonade.
Ryan Naylor, AKA Bucky, thee Royal Warlord hails from… somewhere in the 757. His stuff sounds really good in Richmond right now, though. Another VA native has some tracks out making the rounds on music sharing sites and in collegiate apartments. His latest releases (reviewed below) are rolling out and getting his listeners ready for his debut project which does not yet bare a name.
Mysterious..
Rusty
PROS: This song sounds like a straight freestyle- if dude wrote this thats still crazy. The days of continuous writing and spitting endlessly are coming back. The flow in this song is hungry yet playful. If the songs Vitamins and Watch For Detox, by Mac and Kendrick, respectively, had a song baby it would be Rusty. Bucky shows linguistic dexterity, going bar for bar with no hook at all. He hits all authentic points too: he's not sleeping but he's working, he isn't getting proper dues, he's smoking, etc.
CONS: The production is lackluster for sure. I like the beat and feel like I recognize it from somewhere, (what's sampled?) He got his message down- but production is important. The right words always need the right beat. The right rapper always needs the right producer.
Stand
PROS: Again the flow here is confident. Even the trained ear could be fooled into thinking that Bucky has been at this for awhile. The relaxed and serious tone in this song offsets his young voice. It can be debated that Bucky sounds too clean-cut but the contrast created from his vocals saying some crude truths is his claim to fame, honestly. A listener can easily bump to his clear and enunciated bars. The content is there- cliche story of getting caught up spun originally. Iconic little verse from the track: "I'm taxed out the a** to get by. Yes I'm getting stressed- won't sell. But yes I'll get high,"
CONS: I'm not stuck on any. Nope, showing bias here.
Lemonade
PROS: This song is fun. The flow is lazy. The hook is catchy. The verses are just as catchy and easy to rap along to. This is an all around feel-good track that will bring a listener to the chill days of summer. Naylor shows some musicality through his voice inflections and meter of his flow on the beat. True there isn't as much content chocked up in these verses as his other songs but thats the beauty of it: He's chilling- and so are his listeners. There are some girls out there thirsty for lemonade- his spin on this phenomenon was made into a song thats honestly fire. If you miss pre-Lean Mac, from his K.I.D.S. days then you've found gold, man. Another dope thing about this track is that its Bucky's vocals on his own hook- which is catchy. Like... I Hit It First catchy.
CONS: I thought this song was the best produced out of all three releases I listened to, however, through a co-listen with my close friend, he pointed out this would sound even better with better production. If you don't like feel-good music where the point is to just "listen and chill" and instead prefer hard-hitting-thought-provoking music… this song isn't for you either.
Conclusion
Coming out of the production-heavy year of 2013 is one of the major problems on these singles. But when it comes to legit rapping skills and genuine flow talent: Bucky has it. This artist is young and has plenty of room to grow; his name will be one to watch though if he wants it to be. I personally like to listen to what he releases and that is always the point of music: to listen and enjoy. This sound that he has, this sound is natural talent. Naylor's story is interesting- let's see what the Royal Warlord does in 2014.
"What you see you in the store- I can afford. And I'm whippin that beamer, don't f*ck with the Ford,"
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