There’s something about persona defining music that makes every line relatable and worth listening to. More than four years ago, Fuga The Pirate indicated he had ears for soul-searing music despite his novelty on The Culture Man, his eight-track debut EP. The rapper has been away for a while but he’s still on the same tangent and on On The Run, a dense electric precursor to his upcoming project, White African, he proves this.
The story delivered on the single is an all too familiar one that takes a deep dive into the chaotic relationship that can exist between man and chemistry; drugs and emotions, but Fuga’s mellow articulation of the headiness he experiences as a result of alcohol and love is a sharpshot that aims straight for the core of his listener’s mind, tempting you to dance but not think, especially not as he does on the single.