A couple of days ago I revisited Maino’s If Tomorrow Comes. He’s definitely not the most lyrical guy in the world, but that doesn’t matter, he can actually construct decent records. And in my eyes, having the ability to craft a quality record is the most important trait any artist could have. That and he is one of the more believable artists in today’s landscape.

It’s no more apparent than on “Retaliate.” Word around town is that this is the street single from the new album The Day After Tomorrow. If that’s true, this is one hell of an introduction. Whomever Main was speaking about on this record obviously has a death wish because these were some of the more violent lyrics I’ve heard in a long, long while.

“It’s gon’ bring me joy just to see you on your death bed
Bullets in your torso, a hole in your forehead
I ain’t gon’ hesitate to run up give you more led
Come where you live and kill you on your door step
Put you in a casket, put you in a sleepin’ bag
Put that on my dead homies
I’ma murder you and laugh…”

I definitely wouldn’t advise listening to this on the way to work. It’d be kind of hard to explain Maino was the reason you decked Tom because his lazy ass left a gulp of coffee in the pot.

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Download — Maino – “Retaliate”

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