The nasally bite of Sweden's “ambassador of boom bap” nods toward both his (probable) namesake and the viscous flow of Ghostface Killah, but his stories of hard-won independence are entirely his own. The tracks' muscular, midnight funk and scratched-in choruses reinforce the idea that this is rap of a classic vintage; fittingly, Prop Dylan's tales alternate between testaments to self-determination and pledges to hip-hop culture as an all-encompassing lifestyle.