Benny The Butcher and Fuego Base are still moving through the Ashes In The Safe run, and “The Fighting Irish” keeps the whole thing in that cold BSF pocket. The track comes from the A.I.T.S. film, directed by THIRDEYERAZ, and sits on the Ashes In The Safe project, which dropped on April 22, 2026 with nine tracks and a runtime of around 25 minutes.
This is not rap built for polish. It is tight, direct and grimy in the way Benny’s best work usually is. No wasted movement, no hook doing too much, no attempt to make the room brighter than it is. “The Fighting Irish” sits in a lane where the drums feel heavy, the loop feels tense and the delivery does most of the talking.
Fuego Base sounds comfortable next to Benny here. That matters, because Benny does not leave much empty space when he steps on a record. His voice has that veteran weight, the kind of calm pressure that makes every line feel like it has already been tested outside. Fuego does not get swallowed by it. He brings his own tone, his own pace and his own street-level detail into the frame.
The video adds to that atmosphere. Since the track is pulled from the A.I.T.S. film, it plays more like another piece of the larger BSF world than a standalone clip. The visuals keep the same energy as the record: dim, sharp, controlled. Everything feels connected to the larger Ashes In The Safe rollout, which has been pushed as both a collaborative project and short film from Benny, Fuego Base and Black Soprano Family.
What works best about “The Fighting Irish” is the restraint. It does not try to reinvent Benny’s sound. It doubles down on what fits: hard drums, cold loops, street writing and that cinematic BSF pressure. At 2:40, the track gets in, makes its point and leaves before anything gets soft.
For listeners who still want East Coast rap to sound like concrete, corners and consequence, this one does the job.
