Break up songs are nothing new in any genre of music and definitely not in Hip Hop. Every now and then though, something a bit special comes along, that rather than being a whiny drone of a song about getting back together, is just a refreshingly honest look back at the breakdown of a relationship.
Sadistik's November definitely fits into the latter category, as over a minimalistic piano instrumental - that samples Yann Tiersen's Comptine D'Un Autre Été: L'Après Midi from the Amelie score - he delivers three gut wrenching verses about a destructive relationship that really did a number on him.
The pain in his voice is tangible and he holds nothing back with some deeply personal lines. There's a section in the middle of the second verse that gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.
The final verse shows Sadistik in a more hopeful place with a positive outlook, but you can tell that although the wounds have healed, the scars will always remain.
