Image The latest Hip Hop export from the great state of Cali comes in the form of ‘Feature Presentation’ by Oktayne. California has always been an exceptional breeding ground for rappers, with big names such as Biggie Smalls, Tupac and Dre all contributing to the states strong Hip Hop culture. This means that whenever a rapper coming out of California releases an album, it’s often compared to the greats of the oldschool (because it’s usually a direct rip off). However, with Feature Presentation, we have something a little bit different. Straight away you’ll notice that this album is packed full of content (16 tracks in total). However, each song somewhat cleverly differs from the next. This is an album that contains tracks ranging from subtle balladry, all the way to huge, ‘anthem like’ numbers. Feature Presentation is a diverse album in the truest sense. Oktayne manages to lay down his rhymes with pride, authority and intelligence. You can easily understand his lyrical content and you might often find yourself grooving to his voice. Oktaynes technique could be described as unorthodox at times, but somehow it feels right. The flow is original and distinctive when it comes to Oktayne and his voice has a certain energy that is lacking in today’s Hip Hop scene. The beats on Feature Presentation predominately range from old school grooves to bass maxed dance mixes. However Tracks such as ‘Me For President’, ‘Break Up Sex’ and ‘Overdue‘ (One of the best tracks on the album in my opinion) bring a spacey and terrestrial vibe to the album. The album is strong with both the old school and spaced out tracks but it feels as though the dance tracks are a sub par attempt at a radio/dance hit and that the album could have done without them. Feature Presentation is another fine release from Californian rapper, Oktayne. Fans of Kanye, Biggie or Childish Gambino will really appreciate and enjoy the more subtle moments on this album and If you’re into Hip Hop from Cali, then you should definitely get this album in your collection. 7/10 This review starts out by the official press release to familiarize you with the connotations surrounding the contribution. "Oktayne delivers with new album called Feature Presentation with a bunch of songs for the ladies which indicates LL Cool J as his main influence in his music. The album is his follow up to his slept on debut Self-Explanations. Along with up and coming Bay Area producers within the production squad of The Invasion and Oktayne's friend G-Funk the album appears to be solid. The other producers on the album is the likes of Colorado's Kajmir Royale, and Pittsburg, PA native Sledgren of Taylor Gang." Ah yeah. Read on to find out if and how - IF at all - the release punishes mean Godzilla style. Oktayne's Feature Presentation gives you a tremendous amount of content to soak yours ears into, so there is no doubt at all that you will have a lot of free spirited hip hop data for your money's worth. Teaming up with various Bay Area producers, Oktayne delivers a package that is unusually brave-, even reckless in certain aspects of the production, most notably in the respective departments of the kick drums and the subwoofer. Kick drums?? You're kidding right? Those are Godzilla effin bassdrums, not kick drums, AND their related subwoofer frequencies emerge to summon he Meshuggah kind of vibe, in a sense. You wonder how, I suppose. This is how : "A sonic declaration of spite, and resentment. It's resonance grinding to dust our souls. The twine of revenge tightly strung. It's subharmonics : the Undoing of All." The Undoing of the Mix, on occasion, too. When I'm telling you that the disc exhibits a readiness to provoke and cultivate immensely massive and intimidating sounds, I'm giving you but a tame suggestion of what to really expect from the spin. Whenever these supreme aggressive frequencies are engaged, their surroundings - including the lyrical content - have a tendency to get squashed frog style, aua. The flow of things interchanges between a pretty orthodox mid-tempo hip hop ethos, contrasted efficiently with a more experimental tenure in character, and Oktayne exhibits a peculiar style with a variety of trademark elements that get more and more easy to relate to as the flow progresses. There are a good set of elegantly constructed tracks supported by playful female backing vocals, and I especially like the installments that exhibit less aggression in their sonic volumetrics. These are steps and explorations amidst thrilling areas already, yet I personally feel that a more rigorous sense of subwoofer limitation is required in a future Oktayne project, and then, it will have pretty good chances of becoming High Oktayne, if you catch my drift herein. By Noise Shaft...