Hip-Hop/Rapper PNC brings us a great collaboration with renowned Kiwi Hip-Hop artist David Dallas, for PNCs latest single from upcoming album Unbothered Rapper. You’re going to like this.

The promo vid, on You Tube and directed by Stacy Tapsell, gives us a great flow to bring us along the journey this track takes us on. As its name suggests Zig Zag is a song of two halves, and is in fact over 5 minutes long as a result. Initially we’re watching PNC and David in a home studio environment, putting the tracks down and enjoying some great views and camaraderie. The lyrics they bust are really cutting and poignant, set to a gentle beat with a cleverly mood-contrasting, almost sinister synth melody. You have to listen to what they guys are rapping. Great societal points being made, and well thought out and structured rhyming.

The second part is a B & W, more street-friendly visual. The artists are somewhere subterranean. The lighting is low, the cameras aimed to capture a stark, dystopian imagery of urban disquiet. Very Zag to the warm, laid back Zig of the first half. It works well though. Go check it if you haven’t yet.

Matt Miller produced, and Nathan Sowter mastered. It can be concerning when one hears about two successful artists combining, as if their respective timbres don’t match, you’re in for a heavy time of it. PNC and David‘s rapping combo is right in the sweet spot. Distinct from one another, but tempered well both in individual delivery and the wizardry in the twiddling of the knobs and dials. What I’m saying is this is a fantastic duet.

It’s already hitting the airwaves, of course, as I am behind the 8 ball with this review thanks to running out of firewood to power up my laptop – which frankly would not look out of place as a prop in a Steampunk video. I shall hopefully be stepping into 2024 laptop-wise shortly. Meanwhile, I digress. The single is already hitting the air, and of course the video is doing the rounds. I should imagine this is a definite fave for Mai FM, More FM, ZM, and lots of commercial air. It’s very deep lyrically so I am hoping the channels on the lesser beaten tracks are aware of that and give it some attention too.

This is a well produced, well executed song by two artists sitting well on top of their game. Their interactions on the video, in the two parts of it, show a definite respect and chemistry. They should collab more, because this is just great.