In the past 12 month's Zdot has proven to be one of the UK's hardest working Grime producers and has definitely worked his way to the top and while most Producers would be content after dropping a highly and critically acclaimed mixtapes like 'Route to Success part 1' and 'Go Getterish E.P' with Doller Da Dustman but Zdot isn't complacent and has dropped 'Route to Success volume 2' which takes off where volume 1 left with more banging Grime production and some of the Scenes Top MC's putting in stellar performances which give this mixtape an album feel with Grime a listers Wiley,Ghetts,G Frsh,Mercston,Griminal,Maxsta,Doller Da Dust man,R.I.O and Shifty all holding down microphone duties with Zdot handling all but one of the instrumentals on this mixtape with one collaborative instrumental 'Lock Stock' co-produced with Dan Dare.
Off all the tracks I'm hard pressed to find anything weak or lazy with everyone doing their thing to the fullest as well as is evident from the beginning with Wiley on top form with 'Roaming' which sees him offer an extremely impressive performance as is also the case with mastered the craft which see's another stellar performance from the 'Godfather of Grime'.
R.I.O,Shifty and Ghetts drop a anthem with 'We love Grime' which is an excellent piece of Grime and see's a hard performance from Ghetts who drops a calm laid ack flow against Zdot's minimalistic instrumental same for 'E.T' which see's Griminal slaughtering the track with some sick bars and gully flows and on 'Grimsta' which sees Griminal link up with Maxsta for a lyrical work out which is peppered with punch lines and clever wordplay.
Showing his versatility Zdot enlists rG frsh,Mercston and Doller Da Dustman for the UK rap banger 'Slug' and Doller Da Dustman for the Ragga track 'Morning Sex' both which show that as a producer he is far from a one trick pony.
With the instrumentals there is a quality selection of bangers like the excellent orchestral inspired 'Solo effort' the squelchy addictive bassline of 'Show room' or the simplistic but effective 'Fire Bars' which is a must for all Grime MC's.
Although Zdot is not the most technically edged producer in the Grime scene his ability to bring out the rawness in MC's is unmatched as he is one of the few that still understands the essence of Grime with his simplicity and ability to create beats which let the artists breath and do them whether its creating structured songs (Zilla man,We love Grime) or just going straight through (Roaming,56 bars)
Route to success vol 2 like it predecessor Vol 1 is one of the best producer based mixtapes I have heard this year 10/10.
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