Mach Hommy Albums

2024

Rich Axx Haitian - 88%

The heated fervor of Mach-Hommy is just right for the climate of 2024, and his overall best album is born out of a mix of internal and external strife. You can hear the stress in the gospel flavor of “Politickle” and in most songs the is an undercurrent of dread, like something in the world just isn’t right now. It’s a great and consistent hip hop release, not quite like anything else and the flow seems endless at times (“Sopnje” is one long tirade, “Sur Le Pomnt D’avignon” is subtitled reparation #1) and of course the title track “RichA$$Hatian” has a fun party element that sounds sort of like if The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s theme song met Third Eye Blind’s “Semi Charmed Kind of Life”. It’s one of the most fun dance-rap tracks of the year, or actually the decade!

At other times the background becomes the reason to hear the song, with “Padon” elevated guitar lines, “The Serpent and the Rainbow” has a sort of descending harmonica line, “Copy Cold” featuring Black Thought with its psychedelic touches. “Lon Lon” has an edge of depression to it, contrasted with a flute solo in the background. This second half of the record is particularly flawless. Some of the best is for last, closing triad “Same 24” is another mad rant, with a follow up more than one way to skin a cat Mos Def homage “Guggenheim Jeune”, ending with “Holy ___” epic closer that sums up with an entire career era defining line “Praise the Lord and pass the ammo/thread the lord and pass the needle/ these people actin’ evil.” Mach Hommy makes one of the best albums of the year here, in any genre.

Best Songs: Richaxxhatian, Guggenheim Jeune, Politicle, Copy Cold