The Scythe Is on the Scene and "on Some Other Sh*t"
Denzel Curry’s supergroup spanning Ferg, TiaCorine, Bktherula and Key Nyata did not come to play on their supercharged ‘Strictly 4 The Scythe’ debut tape.
Hypebeast knew about The Scythe long before it was announced. While Denzel Curry formally lifted the veil on the souped-up supergroup in mid-January, we got word of an imminent “Ferg and Denzel collab project” back in December at Miami Art Week, when the Florida rapper pulled up alongside TiaCorine to Ferg’s Flip Phone Shorty film screening. At the time, details still remained under lock-and-key, but the off-the-record confirmation alone made for a hard enough secret to keep. Here we are, three months later, and The Scythe has landed on the scene in its full form with a vengeance, equipped with a full-throttle formal introduction to their dynamic, dialed-in range of modern hip-hop motion.
The Curry-helmed collective consists of Ferg, TiaCorine, Bktherula, and his fellow Raider Klan collaborator, Key Nyata; Seattle-bred Nyata and Harlem-hailing Ferg aside, three of the five members rep the South with pride, with Curry, of course, calling South Florida home, Bk settling in from Atlanta, and Tia coming in hot from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The culmination of cities showing up on Strictly 4 The Scythe envisions quite the electrifying listen from the jump across just eight tracks, with the entirety of the production handled by BNYX and his younger brother BRYVN’s Working on Dying unit.
In Curry’s own world, “The Scythe is a family and a group. We still have our respective solo careers, but when we come together, it is The Scythe.”
1. The Scythe feat. A$AP Ferg and TiaCorine
2. Lit Effect feat. Bktherula and LAZER DIM 700
3. Phony feat. A$AP Ferg, Juicy J, and Key Nyata
4. Mutt that Bih feat. 1900Rugrat and Key Nyata
5. Hoopty feat. TiaCorine and Smino
6. You Ain’t Gott Lie feat. 454 and Luh Tyler
7. Tan feat. Bktherula and TiaCorine
8. Up feat. A$AP Ferg, Rich The Kid, and SadBoi
Right off the bat, the turbocharged trifecta of Ferg, Tia, and Denzel kick off with “The Scythe,” a perfectly pulse-pounding introduction to the high-octane, half-hour record. This trio, specifically, who teamed up for the first time, formally, for June 2024’s “HOT ONE,” hops on with a more seasoned sonic synergy, with T packing a witty, well-penned punch from the get-go before handing the head-banging beat off to the boys.
“Lit Effect” was a single for a reason, BK her own atop gritty, Memphis-geared production alongside LAZER DIM 700. Another standout non-Scythe feature comes from Juicy J on the following track, “Phony,” another amped-up apex of the adrenaline-spiking eight-tracker leveled up by a contagious hook: “I had to cut the shit / They on some other shit / This strictly for the scythe / We on some members only shit.”
Other non-member appearances come from a range of both underground ascendants and genre pioneers. 1900Rugrat shows out on recent single “Mutt that Bih” and 454 slides on “You Ain’t Gott Lie,” while Smino spits with Tia on “Hoopty,” and closing cut “Up” spotlights support from both the old guard (Rich The Kid) and the new guard (SadBoi).
Rooted in the past, representative of the future. Strictly 4 The Scythe is out everywhere now.
