Review: GEMITAIZ - “Qvc10 - What I recommend to you Vol. 10”

The saga of “QVC – WHAT I RECOMMEND” by GEMITAIZ continues. Getting to volume number ten says it all and becomes, by right, an institution on the scene, an essential cult.

The first mixtape of the series is dated 2009. An immensity ago, especially when compared to the speed of evolution of current urban music and despite the time Gemitaiz still confirms himself as a protagonist and a master of Italian rap.

The mixtape is long-winded, as it should be: 22 tracks for an hour and a minute of high quality hip hop music.

THE GUESTS AND THE PRODUCTION

In volume ten Gemitaiz is accompanied by many historical colleagues and many emerging artists of the new generations. Among the names: Jay1, Fabri Fibra, MadMan, MV Killa, Yung Snapp, Ketama 126, Emis Killa, Guè, Massimo Pericolo, Nayt, Jake La Furia, Franco 126, Lil Kvneki, Ensi, Nerone, Vegas Jones, Jack The Smoker , Rome Fortune, DJ Shocca.

In the productions, however, in addition to Gemitaiz himself, we find: Mixer T, Sine, PK, 2P, Ombra, Yung Snapp, Il Tre Beats; Frenetik&Orang3; Adma; DJ Shocca; Mace.

An endless list of friends with the best of the scene. It’s a shame there is no female presence. A missed opportunity for Gemitaiz to break this wall of custom that rap must only be a male thing.

STYLE

On the album the Roman king tackles the whole scene, almost as if it were a compendium, an encyclopedic manual of urban genres and subgenres: from the most stylish things (La Intro has a beautiful, cinematic and 50’s beat) and soft almost 2steps (In Without You there is also a reference to Bruno Mars), moving from the tightest and roughest rap, to the old style, to the most current trap, up to the worthy conclusion Still lifeintimate, introspective and almost symphonic which shows the state of arrival of this volume 10.

All with tight rhymes and bars, filled with continuous references and quotes that tell of society and street life, among its thousand contradictions, clichés, dark lights, massacres, absurdities and injustices.

For the tenth time what Gemitaiz recommends is a lot of stuff…

SCORE: 7.00

THREE SONGS TO LISTEN NOW

Intro – Without You – The leap

SONGS TO SKIP

Nothing… I like everything. An hour that passes…

TRACKLIST

01 – INTRO prod. by Gemitaiz
02 – WITHOUT YOU FT. JAY1 prod. by Mixer T & Sine
03 – JEFFREY prod. by Mixer T & PK
04 – WE REMAIN ALONE FT. FABRI FIBRA prod. by 2P
05 – VIBES prod. by Sine
06 – GOAL FT. MADMAN prod. by Shadow
07 – MET GALA FT. MV KILLA & YUNG SNAPP prod. by Mixer T & Yung Snapp
08 – LOST FT. KETAMA126 prod. by Mixer T & PK
09 – THE BEST GOODS FT. EMIS KILLA & GUÈ prod. by Gemitaiz
10 – THE JUMP FT. MAXIMUM DANGER prod. by Il Tre Beats
11 – BALLON D’OR FT. NAYT prod. by Gemitaiz
12 – THE BALLAD OF DOUBT PT.4 (FINAL ACT) prod. by Frenetik&Orang3 & Mixer T
13 – THE BIBLE FT. JAKE THE FURY prod. by Sine
14 – GUILTY FT. FRANCO126 & LIL KVNEKI prod. by Sine
15 – NOODLES prod. by PK
16 – ITALIAN CUP FT. ENSI & NERONE prod. by Gemitaiz
17 – SMOOTH FT. VEGAS JONES prod. by PK
18 – JESUS FT. JACK THE SMOKER prod. by Gemitaiz
19 – PRESIDENTIAL FT. ROME FORTUNE prod. by Mixer T & PK
20 – I DON’T SEE YOU ANYMORE prod. by 2P & Adma
21 – HIP HOP SNIPPET FT. DJ SHOCCA prod. by DJ Shocca
22 – STILL LIFE (OUTRO) prod. by Mace

2013 – The only compromise
2014 – Kepler (with MadMan)
2016 – Despite everything
2018 – David
2019 – Black Box (with MadMan)
2022 – Eclipse

Mixtapes

2009 – What I recommend mixtape
2010 – What I recommend to you vol. 2
2011 – Xtreme Quality Mixtape
2012 – What I recommend IIIP
2013 – What I recommend to you vol. 4
2014 – QVC Vol. 5 Mixtape
2015 – QVC6
2016 -QVC7
2018 – QVC8
2020 –QVC9
2023 – QVC 10