Polo Baby Flako ft. RJ Payne – Tamagotchi

Ty of Dirty Bakerz gives Polo Baby Flako and RJ Payne a beat that prompts an immediate screwface reaction. Its forceful backdrop puts the difference between the two emcees’ deliveries at the center of “Tamagotchi.”

Polo Baby Flako uses a lackadaisical, unhurried flow against the production. RJ Payne brings a more aggressive delivery, making the contrast between their approaches immediate and easy to hear.

That contrast is the record’s strongest feature. Flako’s looseness gives Payne’s intensity more room to register, and the two-minute-and-forty-second runtime keeps the focus on their opposing styles.

Hearing both emcees for the first time makes me want to keep listening to each of them. The audio-only release arrives ahead of Polo Baby Flako’s upcoming Half A Dozen EP, with Ty’s screwface-inducing beat beneath Flako’s lackadaisical flow and Payne’s aggression.