Karrera & Estee Nack - Tabarnack (Single)

When Karrera and Estee Nack linked up last month for their collaborative single “Tabarnack,”produced by the always-lethal Mike Shabb, I don’t think anybody was fully prepared for how potent this record would sound once it hit the speakers.

This is one of those tracks where the beat drops and your face immediately morphs into a permanent stank-face like you just smelled the 80s crack epidemic walking past you. Shabb laced this beat with that pure, uncut pressure; one of those productions where the drums feel criminal, the bass feels federal, and the vibe feels like it’s whispering something you shouldn’t repeat in public.

Then you add Karrera & Estee Nack to the recipe? Man… that’s when the dish becomes something you don’t want to share. This is three chefs in the kitchen cooking up something so potent the FDA probably needs to step in. It’s that rare blend where each artist brings their own brand of razor cut savagery, and together it turns into homicidal violence in audio form. Every bar lands like they’re trying to break the mic. Every cadence sounds like somebody is getting lined up out back.

This isn’t “aggressive.” This is illegal-sounding. This is “I feel like I’m being wiretapped when I press play” music.

“Tabarnack” is raw to the bone; underground excellence with that gritty, Montréal-to-everywhere lineage. It’s the type of track you blast in the car and instantly feel like you’re doing 90 in a 30, hoodie on, jaw clenched, ready to run through a wall.

If you’re not making a stank face, you didn’t listen loud enough. Run up “Tabarnack.”

Just… look over your shoulder first.