Qari & greenSLLIME • Operation Hennessy
Amidst the current climate of the culture, (rapper/producer) Qari and (DJ/producer/rapper) greenSLLIME’s Operation Hennessy tape teleports the ears to a nostalgic, yet modernized sphere of hip-hop…fusing a refreshing style of bar spitting with timeless sampling and boom-bap cadences. Redefining the art of storytelling with “Rothschild Liquors” as he spits “I’mma be that n-gga til that moment of my last breath, wassup with that wassup? I don’t half step” and “I don’t got no trust, so don’t pass- tress, trespass against us, what up Lord? What up God?, I’m up North, I’m West Side, I’m out South like Rothschild, mouth wide open, liquor store, crossfire”, Qari facilely illustrates cultural and literary realism through spoken word...spilling that exact energy onto “Billy Blanks”, “Operation Hennessy” and “Pony” featuring Mick Jenkins.
Reminiscent of the “golden” era, Qari’s vivid yet complex metaphors and sluggish flow fluidly coincides with the heterodox style of production from SLLIME… illuminating each other’s creative technique. Calmly displaying his homegrown manner of colloquialism with “Pass The Mic”, Qari raps “If I only spoke my mind, If you only spoke your mind, we would only grow with time, now we only decompose, And my nose is bleeding gold and my fingertips are froze”...providing an composed brio to the eccentric production... synonymous to “Argonaut” and “What I Want” featuring greenSLLIME. While listening to Operation Hennessy, open up the mental and drown in Qari’s sober thoughts and drunken words… accompanied by greenSLLIME’s unruly instrumentals.