Rounds by Mediq

# ROUNDS

What up - Mediq crew back in The Ward Block with something different this time.

"Rounds" isn't just tracks we dropped between night shifts. This one follows a fresh intern navigating the minefield of hospital politics, burnout, and those 3AM ethical crises we've all faced when everyone else is asleep and the decision's all yours.

We built this album in the actual MedLocker after-hours, sampling real code calls, pill bottles, steth sounds, and those damn pagers that never shut up. Switch was even recording drum patterns off the squeaky med cart during rounds (sorry to our patients on 4-West).

This record hits different from our previous stuff. Yeah, it's still packed with clinical knowledge that'll stick in your head through boards, but we wanted to dig into the real struggle: the isolation when you're staring at the Record Board seeing your mistakes tagged for everyone to see, or that first time the Observez consultants circle you like sharks, picking apart everything you thought you knew.

From "MedLocker Silence" to "Grand Round," we're tracking that journey from terrified solo shifts to finding your voice in the cipher. The beats move from that quiet, anxious Rhodes piano vibe to full-on boom bap when the entire crew comes together on "Blackbook Cipher."

Prescriber went extra hard on this one, laying down those pharmacology flows over pill bottle percussion that'll have you memorizing dosing schedules without even trying. And Oath finally addresses the burnout we've all been feeling but nobody talks about on "Shift Remainder."

We made this for everyone grinding through rotations feeling like an imposter, everyone who's ever frozen during a code call, and everyone who's found that rare moment when rivalries dissolve and The Ward Block actually feels like family.

This is our most personal project yet - straight from the trenches to your headphones. No sugar-coating, just raw medical hip-hop that acknowledges both the struggle and the purpose behind why we do this.

The Ward Block never sleeps, and neither do these beats.

- Mediq

Straight outta med school with stethoscopes and fire flows. We drop clinical knowledge over beats that'll make your heart skip—literally. Prescription-strength lyrics for the healthcare hustle. Get your daily dose.