M Huncho and Nafe Smallz - DNA

The Guardian 60

(HunchØzone)
The UK rappers’ voices fit together as satisfyingly as puzzle pieces but their dynamic is wasted on generic material

M Huncho and Nafe Smallz have spent the last couple of years traversing the British rap scene as solo artists, scoring starry collaborations with the likes of Skepta and Headie One, and occasionally working together. Their debut joint album, DNA (an abbreviation of Da New Age) only features a couple of brief guest spots from Young Adz and Yxng Bane, and is more potent for it, fully harnessing the chemistry these two regular collaborators have previously displayed in smaller bursts. They deploy Auto-Tune, echo and other studio chicanery to form soulful, bionic trap-rap tunes, as pretty as rain-drenched urban landscapes under street light.