Tha God Fahim Fires Off His “Machine Gun Vocabulary” (Album Review)

I’m pretty sure this is the 23rd full-length studio LP from Tha God Fahim. Starting as an affiliate of Griselda Records as well as being 1/3 of the Dump Gawds alongside Mach-Hommy & Your Old Droog, we also can’t ignore the massive discography that he’s managed to build for himself, some of the standouts include Breaking Through tha Van Allen Belts & Dump Assassins. But dude has been on a CRAZY ass EP run in 2023 with the standouts being the  Camoflauge Monk-produced Dark Shogunn Assassin, the Nature Sounds-backed Iron Bull & the Nicholas Craven-produced Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King 4, the Oh No-produced Berserko, Fahim’s last EP Dump Gawd: Rhyme Pays produced by Mike ShabbTha Supreme Hoarder of All Pristine Wealth & more recently Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga produced by Cookin’ Soul from a few weeks ago. Dump Goat II mixed 9 new songs with 10 previously released joints & some of the guests on Machine Gun Vocabulary produced by Cartune Beatz caught my attention.

The title track starts with a reversed sample mixed with kicks & snares so he can gut & filet all these MCs who wanna battle him whereas “Volatile Vernacular” featuring RJ Payne works in another boom bap instrumental talking about haters meeting all types of death. “Detonate” hooks up some ghostly sampling flexing that his name rings bells like Biggie kickin’ in the door until the piano-driven “Prolific Pen” featuring Cormega finds the 2 talking about their superiority in the long-awaited collab.

“Brilliance” grittily promises this as the start of something big & major leading into the hardcore “Audible Ammunition” featuring Skyzoo talking about nothing controlling them. “What You Wanna Say” featuring Lørd Skø jazzily finds the new poor Lørd Jeff Hardy & the Dump Gawd giving Stone Cold Stunners, but then ”Prove & Show” returns to the boom bap talking not slowing down because he has a family to feed. “Cleanse” nears the end of the album comparing himself to Errol Spence Jr. & “Damages” finishes up with 1 last dusty track maintaining a winning streak.

For this being the 3rd LP of Fahim’s to come out this year, I’d put Machine Gun Vocabulary above Dump Goat II & behind Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga. Cartune Beatz’ boom bap production is incredibly consistent over the course of the 27 minute listening experience & even if it’s not a surprise that all the guests killed it with their contributions, the Dump God makes it all live up to the name comparing his lexicon to that of an SMG.

Score: 9/10