Kurious Jorge - MAJICIAN: Review

 Ayo, it's your boy Denzel up in the mix again, AKA that dope cat wit' the dope reviews for days, namsayin??? And yo, my man Kurious Jorge just dropped a new joint, straight from the underground. If you don’t know Kurious, lemme school you real quick—he’s a Latino MC outta NYC, got that gritty boom bap style, and back in the day, he used to run with the late, great MF DOOM. Son’s been doin' his thing since ’94 with “A Constipated Monkey,” which, yeah, had some dumb skits, but it was heat (we forgive you for ruinin' "Fresh Out the Box" Jorge). This new tape just dropped a couple weeks back, and DOOM plus some cat named Mono En Stereo cooked up the beats, so you know it’s ‘bout to slap. Aight, let’s dive in:

1. Unknown Species

We kickin' it off smooth, jazzy-like. Beat slides in, and Kurious is snappin’ on it. Son’s flow got that familiar DOOM vibe—you can tell they been rollin' deep. The way this joint closes is slick, too.

Beats: 8/10
Lyrics: 6/10
Overall: 14/20

2. Untainted

Kurious is bringin’ the heat on this, flow’s on point. But yo, some of them words he’s slurrin’ hard; dude sounds like he might’ve hit the sauce before the mic. You know how sometimes a brother be talkin' ya ears off and you ain't catch NOTHIN' that cat's sayin'? Well this track's like that. First verse is wild hard to catch, but after a DOOM sample drops, Kurious sobers up and we get some serious bars. I think this ish was recorded in parts b, word.

Beats: 6/10
Lyrics: 6/10
Overall: 12/20

3. Tis the Season

Beat and flow in sync here, Kurious in his bag. Feels like sipping on that "sweet premium wine", y’know? Loop gets a lil’ wild in the background, but this joint still hits.

Beats: 8/10
Lyrics: 7/10
Overall: 15/20

4. Eye of Horus

Starts off tight, hard rhymes straight outta DOOM’s playbook. Shout-out to MF Grimm was a real one; that cat deserves more shine. This one’s hype, like throw-a-chair-through-the-window type vibe.

Beats: 7/10
Lyrics: 8/10
Overall: 15/20

5. 1984

Title’s got me interested, cause I've read that 1984 book before, and Kurious is spittin’ flames here. But damn, that mixing is straight wack b—like somebody’s kitten done gone and got into the studio an' started messin' with the knobs blindfolded. But Kurious powers through; second verse is pure fire.

Beats: 5/10
Lyrics: 8/10
Overall: 13/20

6. Teach & Forgive

Beat’s kinda weak, sounds like it was left off a DJ Quik session. Kurious got bars here with James Brown and spaceship talk, but the track’s mad short. Coulda been so much more. This beat yo...yo son, I can't get with this beat nohow. Shit soundin' like it DJ Quik mixed it, realised it was straight up SOFT, and donated it to the soy latte drinkin' wannabe-DJ from a Girl Scout club, so the little kiddies can use it for their next discotheque sock hop on Saturdays or some such thing, word.

Beats: 5/10
Lyrics: 6/10
Overall: 11/20

7. Separation Anxiety

Kurious goes off here; rhyme scheme’s insane. This one’s for the true heads—pure lyricism. Certified classic, hands down. This one's droppin' straight onto the Android b.

Beats: 7/10
Lyrics: 10/10
Overall: 17/20

8. Cow’s Eye

Feels like a freestyle, and Kurious is gettin’ introspective, talkin' life and his boy DOOM. You can tell he’s channeling DOOM's whole vibe. Decent, but prolly won’t hit replay.

Beats: 5/10
Lyrics: 7/10
Overall: 12/20

9. Bacalao Opera

First off, ain’t got a clue how to pronounce this title. Beat goes hard though, like somethin’ off a Geto Boys tape. Kurious starts slow, but once he gets rollin’, this joint is tight.

Beats: 8/10
Lyrics: 7/10
Overall: 15/20

10. Majical Journey

Mixing ain’t bad, but track kinda sounds like Rick Rozay-lite. Ain't gonna be hollerin’ for Track 10 any time soon.

Beats: 7/10
Lyrics: 6/10
Overall: 13/20

11. Barry Gibb

Sample kinda messy at first, but Kurious catches a groove. Second verse? Dude’s flow is somethin' else. Sample in the back gets annoying, but overall, it’s decent.

Beats: 6/10
Lyrics: 8/10
Overall: 14/20

12. Par for the Course

This one got the block talkin’ back in last month or sumthin'. And yeah, Kurious brought it. Beat switch early on is fire; then he goes in Spanish, reppin’ his culture hard. Mr. Fantastik hops on and caps it off. Straight heat.

Beats: 8/10
Lyrics: 7/10
Overall: 15/20

13. Open

Can barely keep my eyes open, it's like 11pm here, but Sandman jumped in, and he’s solid. Kurious comes in raw, soundin' like he just crawled out from under the stairs in some Manhattan project. Third verse is weird, though—feels like dude just talkin’. Denzel ain't really down wit that blah-blah-blah in the third verse,
namsayin'.

Beats: 7/10
Lyrics: 6/10
Overall: 13/20

14. Majic Interlude - Ayo, this ish should've been the intro, but I ain't nobody but your top shelf reviewer homie, so why argue? Que sera sera I guess b. Ain't rating these non-rapping skits per the usual.

15. Come Back

Beat finally kicks in after that skit. Kurious is channelin' DOOM, and it’s kinda ill. Mix could be better, but it ain’t killin' the vibe. Dense lyrically, but it’s cool.

Beats: 8/10
Lyrics: 6/10
Overall: 14/20

Final Score:

193/280
69%

All in all, not bad—ain't hittin' the rotation heavy, but this album ain’t trash. It’s not “Constipated Monkey” level, and it’s def not the hip-pop lollipop mess that “II” was. Some tracks go too hard on the DOOM vibe, and DJ Mono En Stereo was trippin’ with some of that mixin’. But yo, don’t sleep on Kurious Jorge—this cat’s a veteran with bars for days. That "Eye of Horus" track proves it yo. I know y'all kids out there gettin' ya cowboy boots and big fancy hats on and ridin' DOOM's tip off into the sunset, so yo, you might hear about this cause y'all are into DOOM but don't vibe with it. And listen up-THAT AIN'T NO PROBLEM B, JUST DON'T STOP WITH ONE TAPE. Y'all kids listenin' now might not get it, but check his whole catalog before you write him off. He ain't just some wack old guy bitin' off DOOM, son's got bars for days, espeically back in the day. That’s a wrap—I’m outta here.