"And the 'she don't need any make-up' hits the spot with naturalists... " Song review of Nib Crouch's Maihwe by Zela Lawless

These days there's a lot of talent out here. It's getting harder and harder to do a unique song review, especially when the genre is Trap, but I've done a Nib Crouch song before and I think it might be my only advantage in this case.

I usually dissect the instrumental first or tell y'all how the flow dovetails the beat but in this case I'll just pick highlights from the song structure that struck a cord in me. The intro and the conclusion, of both the instrumental and vocals are rather abrupt, it gives it a proper studio feel which is fascinating to digitally oriented producers. I know people are like, "Zela GTFOH what did you just say?"
Well, most music back in the day was a live band, just going at it on one go, so there was not much creativity at the beginning of the song, but with a digital audio workstation you can easily do 3/4 of a bar or 3 counts and get straight into the song, like the producers did in this case. Just to mention, I'm a bit old school and a fanatic of organic music and actually think a band could replicate the intro, but it wouldn't be easy. Some may say I'm petty but I say it's tolerance to small changes that make our music beautiful. The conclusion is good in itself, the song doesn't unnecessarily drag on, and you can't ever go wrong with that seductive voice at the end.

If the verses are a 4/5 then the chorus is a definite 5/5 cuz it was replaying in my head for days after playing it just twice. By the way that's a trick I do so I'm honest with myself. If I'm to review your song, I play it once or twice then I go on with my daily schedule, if it sticks it sticks if it don't then you might not like my review. Back to the chorus, some musicians write a chorus as a summary of their verses and some write it as some sort of 'expanded-heading' if there's something like that, and 7/10 times I can tell which technique the musician uses, this time the odds are against me, I'll have to ask him. Humbled LOL. But what we all sure of is that the girl Nib is talking about in this case steals the show everywhere she goes, and she's the center of attraction apparently and she don't pay no attention to nobody. Such women are hard to ignore, and a few sips of your favorite poison will make you say something to her or about her. OK, I need more than a few sips to talk to a self absorbed woman but hey, I'm not talking on behalf of the 'Mack League'.

There's not much separating the hook from the verses but the claps on beat, and the snare rolls, and the exclusion of the 808 kick and the hi hat. Is that a lot? Nah it's not, and it's such subtleness that gives music that extra oomph.

I'll work with one verse, the song doesn't drag on, so neither should I. Let's fast forward to the second verse where the artist talks about the woman being a superwoman which is appreciated I assume by feminists and ladies in general who want their strengths appreciated. And the 'she don't need any make-up' hits the spot with naturalists and Afro-centric sisters. I'm not so sure about the prenuptial agreement line though, anything to do with marriage and property scares the crap out of me, but let me know in comments what you think of the musician's lines and the whole song in general, who knows? You might review it better than me. Before I leave the verse alone I need to mention I'll interviewing Nib in the coming days so I'll ask about the Noble Styles scheme he spit.

That's my two cents, folks. Maihwe is a yet another great number by Nib Crouch and his team for us to vibe to. In concluding I need to point out that there's some white noise tucked behind the rest of the instruments, I feel it gives things a steampunk feel and as a steampunk enthusiast I'm I'm honored. That's it for now, buh bye!