Posted on 10/21/2008
When it comes to Great Expectations, the new mixtape (that’s more like an LP) by Element, I have good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news. It’s nothing I haven’t heard before. Boom-bap, gritty, straightforward flow about struggle, environment, and of course, rapping. You know, all of the components that get emcees quickly swept into backpacking silos. Now for the good news. Great Expectations, is pretty good.
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Posted on 10/21/2008
In last year’s release, Problems & Solutions, Kidkanevil hit a bullseye with a collection of slow roasted grooves crafted specifically for the soul. His sound was organic, rich, and ingenuously stripped. In Back Off Man, I’m A Scientist, the UK producer chose to snuff out the flames of his debut album’s basement lounge vibe, to head straight for the strobe-lit nightclub. Armed with a few cadence cues from the Timbaland...
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Posted on 10/21/2008
There aren’t many more offensive adjectives in the English language than ‘nice.’ Not good enough to deserve praise, not bad enough to provoke criticism, just ‘nice.’ And that’s exactly what Magic Monday is – nice. It’s a nice, pleasant, easy on the ears instrumental hip hop album with some nice beats. But after listening to it for the best part of two months, it still hasn’t left much of an...
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Posted on 10/17/2008
General Motors stock is down 75% on the year. Now, I hate as much as anyone to hear people pin all of society’s problems on rap music, but it’s time to take responsibility here: I for one blame Michigan’s downright excessive supply of hip-hop talent. Maybe if cats like 14KT designed beautiful innovations for GMC instead of on the MPC, the prognosis would look a little more promising for the...
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Posted on 10/17/2008
If, like me, you’re coming down with SAD, this is the perfect remedy. Boto and The Second Liners is a relentlessly funky record driven by the frenetic rhythms of the Jack Baker Trio – a one man percussion band blessed with busier hands than Kobe – and brimming with enough smoking horns, incendiary guitar licks and bubbling basslines from TM Juke to make even the most leaden feet kick up...
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Posted on 10/17/2008
Compilation LPs, especially in Hip-Hop, are becoming scarce – what with so many full-length albums being released independently each week. The need to compile fresh material to break to the public hasn’t been necessary given the popular mixtape CD format that many employ now. Atlanta-based producer/MC Dillon takes a fresh and entertaining approach to both the mixtape CD and compilation LP with his latest release The Southern Scramble – and...
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