OK, so Rittz and Burn One aren’t TECHNICALLY local, but they’ve worked with enough of our hometown crew — Starlito, Matic Lee, local-by-association Yelawolf — that we kinda feel like they are. Shit, Rittz and Burn have shown up on Nashville Cream’s local hip-hop column Party & Bullshit so often that they could probably claim residency if they were so inclined. But until that happens, we’ll settle for a show. And what a show it is! Rittz runs circles around pretty much any MC on the circuit — peep his
White Jesus mixtape for proof — and Burn One is hands down, bar none, one of the best producers in America right now — nobody makes deeper, funkier hip-hop than that dude, and his beat for Starlito’s “Chill” is possibly our favorite of the year. Add in local hot boi Kaby and you’ve got a pitch-perfect night of hip-hop.
— Sean L. Maloney