Nitro Wilson
Suicidol

I admit it is really difficult for me to talk about Nitro, one of the standout artists of the current Italian Rap scene. Let me start by saying that since I got to know him, I "use" him to show my friends who belittle Rap that said genre, if played and interpreted as God intended, has nothing to envy compared to the music people like to call "more cultured". And what I like most about all this is that the people I play this album for often end up falling in love with it, even if their musical tastes take them in very different directions.

For the more skeptical ones, be aware that we are not dealing with the usual Rapper who only talks about sex, drugs, joints, and whores. This Nitro album is about Nitro. And above all, this is not a "chart-topping" album made to sell to teenagers. His problems, his anxieties, his joys and disappointments, he spits hate and anger at those who belittled him, at those who wanted his dreams never to come true. This is Suicidol. "The Dark Side of the Mood" is the perfect opener. Dark base, sharp rhymes, and a Nitro halfway between anger and despair. But the entire album by the Machete Crew member is like this. Dark, negative, obscure. "Dead Body" speaks of all the nonsense invented by the media about rappers, "Ong Bak" (feat. with his majesty Fabri Fibra) talks about those who did not think Rap could become so big in a closed-minded and bigoted nation like Italy. "Pleasentville" is the story of a love that ended. Nitro, with a flow and speed second to none (but really none), delivers rhymes more lethal than a gun pointed at your temple and navigates masterfully over bases that are as dark as they are "mighty" (Ong Bak, All In, Stronzo) which are a real punch in the stomach. The peak of the album is undoubtedly "Storia di un Defunto Artista" where the artist leaves no one unscathed (from his ex-girlfriend who cheated on him to the annoying record labels). An honorable mention for the Metal piece (yes, you read that right) "Twinbeasts". A little gem from all points of view, listen to believe. If we're nitpicking, one might say that "Sassi e Diamanti" is not a piece on the level of all the others and seems like a small smudge in what could seriously be one of the best Italian Rap albums of the last 10 years.

There is nothing positive in this album, where only hate, despair, and regrets emerge, which only his passion can fill and calm. After all, he himself says in a song from the album "And how does it feel when the magic fades, and talent is both the curse and amnesty?"

Nitro has struck again, and it is a shot that lands perfectly on the forehead.