Audiopile Review: Our third and final Mattic highlight this week is his Endgame trio, which also consists of UK-based producer Pitch 92 and the MC GT Lovecraft, the latter a part of the aforementioned Clouds In Headlock group. We were huge fans of the Clouds album, which is the start of our infatuation for all things Mattic, and it’s also the start of his focus on albums that have that space-age psychedelic quality that has made him standout in the crowded field of underground hip-hop. Mattic and Pitch 92 compliment each other here incredible well, both of them locked in ceaseless flows that eschew the classic storytelling style in favour of rhymes that showoff the duo’s vivid rhyme play. Rapping for rapping’s sake! Gotta say, we’ve missed that in modern hip-hop.

The much-anticipated debut project by Endgame, a transatlantic trio sprung from the ŌFFKILTR circle consisting of MCs Mattic and GT Lovecraft, and London-based beat maker Pitch 92. The three members of Endgame are long-standing friends and collaborators across a number of other projects (Clouds in a Headlock, ASM, Wax Tailor, and a slew of solo releases), and the synergy shines through on this release, which is both a debut for the group and the fruition of years of fellowship and honing
of their crafts.

“Steel Sharpens Steel” is a laser-focused yet other-worldly piece that
runs as an homage to the ancient arts of jazzed-out beat craft and free-form rhyme play. Unapologetic good-old feel neck-snapping boom bap production from Pitch 92 provides the concrete foundation for master craftsmen Mattic and GT Lovecraft to launch effortless lyrical acrobatics into the cosmos.