Genre : Gangsta Rap, R&B
Distribution: Weston MG, Arror Interscope Records
Told from a third person PoV
- Mob Ties
- Tie-Kwon-Do
- Loose Ends(Tie me if you can)
- Title Deeds
- Get Rich or Die Tie-ing
- Noriega
- Tie Breaker
- Mike Tie-son
- Snatch & Tie
- Suit and Tie
- Family Ties
- Waist-On 304
- Soul Ties
- Tie the knot
- Tied hands
- Kantai
Side A - Hardcore
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Mob Ties
The Goat opens the mixtape with a hardcore rap about being the big shot of the underworld. He sits on the throne, like The Last Supper painting, various criminal heads are listening to his wisdom. Albanian and Bulgranian gambling rackets, Camorra Hotels and Ganjaweed militia all call him papa. -
Tie-kwon-do
In this song, he boasts of being a black belt. More lethal than Bushido Brown and Bruce Lee combined. He’s a walking weapon. -
Loose Ends(Tie me if you can)
This is a thriller about tying loose ends. A crafty chicken thief has been stealing from the farm of the big boss. Nobody knows how, until top intelligence ops are deployed to crack the case. Spooked, the chicken thief runs all over the world until Yamunei agents catch him in Melbourne. -
Title Deeds
Here, the landlord boasts about having a machine that prints land deeds in his house. His only limitations are that he can’t get enough ink in barrels and paper to print the title deeds he hopes to tie down. He also fears wandering off and getting lost in his own land because of the sheer size. -
Get Rich or Die Tie-ing
The 50-cent inspired banger challenges young men to get 50 mil before they turn 50. Kungoja kufunga deals will always be fifty-fifty. If you don’t get rich, you’ll die trying to tie deals. The big break will always be the next prospective deal. Politics is the only sure way to riches in this hell. -
Noriega
Noriega is adapted from the Kikuyu greeting, Moriega. Despite his sweet campaign words he turns into Noriega, not the rapper, but the Panamanian dictator. The infamous dictator plays Christianity like Macbeth. The rat race ends in a church hideout where Noriega is talked into handing himself over. -
Tie-Breaker
Here the Goatest talks about a tie with an opponent in a fiercely contested race. The two agree to break the tie with a coin toss. He choses heads and wins all 5 tosses. What the opponent doesn’t know is that the Goat’s coin has two heads and no tail. -
Mike Tie-son
After a lot of criticism, the Goat goes Musk-Zuckerberg and challenges his opposition to a hell in a cell boxing match. Like the golden gloves master, he promises to KO his haters in under 60 seconds. -
Snatch & Tie
This work of art talks about magic shows. He goes Houdini by disappearing youths. Some reappear elsewhere like David Blaine’s teleportation. The Goat maintains that a magician doesn’t reveal his sleight of hand. They can only speculate that he is lying. -
Suit and Tie
The Goat expresses his life long struggle of being a respectable gangsta. If every mugger wore a suit the world would be a better place. The suit and tie is like a religious robe that washes off suspicions. The goatest talks doing big deals like the boss he is. He complains that being the top man comes with a lot of scrutiny.
Side B - Softcore
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Family Ties
The Goat croons over soft piano ballads. He goes full Nick Cannon and says he’s doing what he can to increase his footprint. Then maintains Atwoli’s mentorship is all an African man needs. -
Waist-On, 304 (The Spiderweb)
The maestro goes Lionel Richie with some sexual healing. The infamous Weston 304 is where Dr Love, Mr Ringding gives his injections. Butterflies flying around eventually get tied up in Casanova’s charms. -
Soul Ties
The Goat’s habits lead him into some spiritual paranormal phenomena. After meeting a fine Belgut minjiminji, nyota inaanza kuenda, he can’t concentrate, he can’t eat. Mganga Aguas does a cleansing ritual swiftly to save his life. Like a horror movie, the next month he meets a Nyeri minjiminji. -
Tie the knot
Marriage bliss ends when the mystery ends. The goat maintains that women can’t resist Christian Grey. He admits to sometimes roleplaying as himself to spice things up. -
Tied Hands
In this candid revelation, he realises that his hands are tied. He can’t deliver any of his promises. He has promised too much. Most of the promises are beyond his ability and only exist in his imagination. His world has turned into 1000 Words, every word he utters is harmful. -
Kantai
The Goat finishes his journey of revelation with a personal childhood story. Kantai being his adolescence bff. He maintains that he is not a bad person but a victim of circumstances. Sugoi town being characteristic of Kenya’s underclass of poor and disenfranchised kids. Kantai connects the goat to the Y2K KANU Fuhrer’s youth wing. Unfortunately, Kantai gets sucked up in the whirlwind of Kenya’s deadly politics of mobsters. Eaten by survivor’s guilt, the goat plays the game to the top. His only hope of redemption is that one day his good deeds will fight off the bad-karma from the body count he has racked up.