In a world where the next generation of MCs are struggling to make a name for themselves, a lot of them are worth mentioning, and a lot more aren’t. Luckily New York’s own Little Vic is one of those MCs that should come up in positive discussions.

Introducing himself with his album, Each Dawn I Die (courtesy of Orena Records and distributed through Fat Beats), he makes a first good impression.

The album starts off with its title track, “Each Dawn I Die.” Over production that can be compared to that of classic 90’s Hip-Hop, Vic comes out with lines like, “God let my heart go an extra mile/put a hole where the pressure and the stress compiles.” “It’s My Turn” picks up where the first song leaves off, more solid production and lines like, “I’m through with the saints, I’m runnin’ with those that God lost/fallen angel/swing mics like a ball and chain do” will keep your interest.

Vic shows off some of his narrative skills on the Buckwild-produced “The Evil That Men Do.” The D.I.T.C. alum provides the eerie sounds as Vic rides over it with his tales from the ‘hood-type story.

“This Is What It Sounds Like” sounds like a song that should stay on your play list—equipped with lines like, “My mind is equivalent to a bomb/so in turn, I hang by myself just like Saddam.” “Love Hurt s” is a break in the album where Vic goes away from the hardcore lyricism, and story-tells a ‘boy loves girl’ fairytale.

The heavy guns come out as DJ Premier joins in and lends his expertise on “The Exorcist” for Vic to flow on. Over Preemo’s trademark scratch-in hooks, Vic compliments it with lines like, “Waiting to be blessed again/the exorcist lays tracks down, the necks will spin.” The legends keep coming as Kool G Rap is featured on “Caked Up.” They both abuse the track easily with Vic leading off: “There he goes with his Ginny charm, and Olive Oil voice/wrecking machine and I’m hungry to pot a boil twice/not a royal life, so I rip on Feds/since the days of jumps suits with the slip-on Keds.” G Rap: “When I pull up beside of ya whip, it ain’t for Grey Poupon/and that EMS n*ggas better have the saved coupons.”

The rest of the album includes songs like “Sister Morphine,” “Carry The Weight,” “After All I’ve Done For You,” and “Dying Slowly.” All songs possess solid production with lyricism to match. Besides the aforementioned songs produced by Buckwwild and DJ Premire, the rest of the album was handled by relatively unknowns like Sly Vest, Velotz, Double Shot, and Big K.O.

The beats provided on Little Vic’s Each Dawn I Die album is just a testament to how there are plenty more capable sound technicians out in Hip-Hop than people want to give credit to. But the album isn’t about the beats alone, because Vic does every track justice rapping over them like the world is coming to an end with content that doesn’t include cars, drugs, money, guns, jewelry, and girls. And that type of effort is very admirable, and enough for anybody to take a little time out and give a listen to.