“Real Ni**a Recipe,” a song that also features fellow lyricist Jay Jonah, opens strong, with thick drumbeats providing a foundation for Nate’s heady, graveled vocals. DJ Fresh fills things out on the beat with pitched and echoed synth flutters, just enough to keep things interesting but skeletal enough to keep the focus firmly on Nate’s winding, quick-fire flow. And kudos to Fresh for playing the background so well; Nate didn’t earn the nickname Gasman for no reason, after all, and uses his time here well, laying out the ingredients for keeping things kosher when on the hustle: “Recipe for mobbin’/ I’m just doin’ my job and / When I say I’m on the run/ I ain’t talking about joggin’.”
Shady Nate Feat. Jay Jonah – Real Ni**a Recipe [Prod. By DJ Fresh]