Niontay is a 26 year old rapper, songwriter & producer from Brooklyn, New York who introduced himself in 2023 off his first couple EPs Dontay’s Inferno & Demon Muppy. I was also impressed with his features across projects like MIKE’s 5th album Burning Desire or Ritchie with a T’s solo debut Triple Digit [112] & Mike Shabb’s sophomore effort Shabb Van Gogh, putting out a well received debut album of his Fada<3of$ earlier this spring & returning 8 months later to drop off his debut mixtape.
“Rockoutcentury” produced by Dylvinci starts off with a cloudy Detroit sound talking about cracking the code whereas “100days100nights” made for an boisterous trap single getting geeked after being let out of the kennel. “3am@tony’s” featuring Lerado Khalil teams up over a dark Mobb instrumental from Harrison & Tony Seltzer talking about them doing no pretending leading into “Cressidaway! / Tpgeek” initially going for a plugg vibe & Earl Sweatshirt delivering my favorite guest appearance of the 3 until a cloudy beat switch during Niontay’s verse.
The tape’s final feature goes to Sunny on “Soulja Hate / Mr.havemyway X Mr.beatdaroad”, which is another 2-parter instrumentally taking it’s cues from the plugg subgenre of trap throughout both halves although I prefer the 2nd half over the other just before “Larizzy’s Laire” ends the 1st leg of Soulja Hate Repellant with some 808s & synths dismissing his “opponents” since they nothing like him. “Dadecountydates” pitches Niontay’s vocals enough to make it sound like he inhaled helium prior to getting in the booth refusing to fuck with people who pick sides while “April 7 (Westside Swanging)” goes full chopped & screwed.
“Mark William Lewis Flow” begins the 3rd & final act with a summery trap beat likening his cadence to the experimental artist of the same name while “Dreamin’ (of U ;)” incorporates some heavily drumless sampling talking about a person that’s been constantly appearing in his dreams as of late. “Neymar” experiments with Miami bass referencing the Brazilian soccer team Santos’ star forward & of course the closer “Free Luigi” calls for the freedom of Luigi Mangione ahead of his upcoming trial for murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Soulja Hate Repellant’s finishes Niontay’s breakthrough year refining a lot of the same production styles Fada<3of$ explored whether it be the Detroit sound or trap, plugg, cloud rap & drumless with small hints of chopped & screwed and Miami bass sprinkled in the mix transitioning into one another cohesively. He may also be my personal favorite act that MIKE has signed to his growing independent label 10k Global thus far, penning some of his most emotionally sharpest lyrics of his career & using a handful of a number of different flows in only a half hour.
Score: 9/10