Posted on 10/17/2006

 

After “breathing life into a semi-comatose hip-hop scene” with his first release in 2002, DL Incognito’s third release, Organic Music for a Digital World is a great display of hip-hop as some of its finest moments—both producing and lyrically. DL Incognito’s lyricism is only matched by his backdrop of beats; the two (lyrics and beats) seem to be intertwined and play off of each other, feeding off of the others energy to create a fugue-like structure throughout the album. There is little doubt that DL Incognito could create an album of this type of caliber. However, that being said, within Organic Music for a Digital World’s lies flashes of brilliance that DL Incognito shows sporadically throughout his third album. After these brief flashes, it would seem that DL Incognito has the potential to create even a better album. Allow me to explain. The overall album is better than solid—the beats and lyrics are great, neither overpowers the other and both have their moments to shine. The beats aren’t the loud mainstream ones; however, you could still easily bump Organic as you cruise around in your ride and still maintain your credibility as a hip-hop head. However, this record sounds very similar to a Jay-Z album for the majority of the album. It is the brief minority of the time that DL Incognito works his magic and shows that he can provide a new and unique sound.

Overall, this is a solid release for DL Incognito. Organic Music for a Digital World is a fun album and leaves listeners anticipating DL Incognito’s next release, which has the potential to be devastatingly good.