Review: MAXIMUM DANGER - "Things change"

The thing I appreciate most about Massimo Pericolo is its coherence. An uncommon gift in this world and even more uncommon in the avulsed and convulsive world of rappers. Massimo Pericolo is consistent with his story.

Massimo is Alessandro and Alessandro is Massimo. The demonstration of this quality can be read entirely in the lyrical manifesto of his new album, in his statement: the intro and outro of this third sound chapter “Le cose change”.

In both songs all the spirit of a thirty-one year old provincial boy comes out, now a man, after all things change, but his essence, his being does not change.

Massimo Pericolo is not a character, he is not a turncoat, he is not a puppet in the hands of the music business, someone who lets himself be carried away by success. He is someone who managed to emerge from nothing himself.
Things change and can change, it’s almost a message of hope, but in the end they change but he is consistent and remains consistent and proud of still being a provincial boy.

And it is precisely the lake, the forest, his friends, his people, the places of nothingness that he experiences every day, the background from which his stories are born.

Accompanied by an unprecedented team of producers (Shune, Greg Willen, NKO, 2nd Roof, Crookers, Dardust, Xqz, TempoXso & Janax and Yung Purple) and with many friends who are different from each other but share mutual respect such as: Guè, Tedua, Baby Gang, Emis Killa, Niko Pandetta, Speranza, Rafilù and Fight Pausa.

The result is sixteen songs for just under an hour. Different episodes from each other.

Rough pieces, full of tension and revenge (Fils De Pute) but also scenarios of normal daily life (Totoro2, Come aria, 17 anni), identity (Straniero), friendships (Ancora qua), introspection (Diluvio, Le cose change), love (moneylove, Poor asshole, Together), fooling around (In person), letters and advice (Hello Friar, Without me)

All the songs are linked together by a lyrical lucidity, an urban poetry, never banal, always attentive writing, almost an extreme realism interpreted without too many artificial and politically correct filters and artifices.

Massimo Pericolo confirms himself as one of the most thoughtful and acute rappers on the Italian scene. A singer-songwriter of everyday life, a normal man with his monsters, his fragilities, his limits, his excesses, his contradictions and all his hopes for a better future.

A coherent provincial boy!

SCORE: 7.50

TO LISTEN NOW

Massimo Pericolo – Stranger – Things change

TO BE SKIPPED IMMEDIATELY

I don’t skip anything. An hour that gets straight to your stomach.

TRACKLIST

1) MAXIMUM DANGER – intro (prod. SHUNE)
2) DILUVIO feat FIGHT PAUSA (prod. 2ND ROOD & SHUNE)
3) MONEYLOVE feat EMIS KILLA (produced by NKO)
4) STRAIERO feat TEDUA (prod. SHUNE)
5) TOTORO 2 (produced FROZY & SHUNE)
6) CIAO FRATE feat NIKO PANDETTA (prod. TEMPOXSO & JANAX)
7) FILS DE PUTE feat SPERANCE and RAFILÙ (prod. XQZ & FRANK)
8) WITHOUT ME feat BABY GANG (prod. XQZ)
9) LIKE AIR (produced by GREG WILLEN)
10) THINGS CHANGE (produced by DARDUST)
11) 17 YEARS OLD skit (produced by SHUNE)
12) DI PERSONA feat GUÈ (prod. GREG WILLEN, T9C, ILIR808)
13) POOR ASSHOLE (produced by CROOKERS)
14) TOGETHER (prod. 2ND ROOF)
15) STILL HERE (prod. SHUNE)
16) DON’T TALK TO ME – outro (prod. YUNG PURPLE)