Doseone和Jel在《CrownsDown》中,用最殘暴堅實的技巧焊接出整張如十誡般重要的饒舌專輯。準備專輯的過程中,Doseone和Jel重訪各種嘻哈專輯的集合(如Gang Starr, Ultramagnetic MCs, Public Enemy, Saafir等…),再藉由找到循環圍繞的核心主題後,將自己喜愛的樣子製作出來。對他們來說,重翻經典能引領他們創造出自己的future-school,歷久不衰。
On CrownsDown, Themselves hold back nothing, welding brute skill to a concrete set of tracks that represents an essential ten commandments of rap. In preparation, Doseone and Jel revisited their beloved hip-hop collections (e.g. Gang Starr, Ultramagnetic MCs, Public Enemy, Saafir) and whittled down the recurring themes that made their favorite records so sturdy. Each song on CrownsDown represents one of these archetypes – youll find the “dont bite” song, the diss track, the story rap, the “bootleggers beware” song, and the “dont fuck with my DJ” jam, among others. In this way, Themselves revisit something classic in order to invent their own future-school entry to the annals.