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DJ Quik album "The Book of David"
Killer Mike and EL-P (I forgot the name of their upcoming album)
Killer Mike and EL-P (I forgot the name of their upcoming album)
DocMcCoy said:Juan Cocktolstoy said:Killer Mike and EL-P (I forgot the name of their upcoming album)
R.A.P. Music - on subsequent listens, it's really good.
I dunno why I expected this to be a dog's breakfast, but it isn't. Mike comes hard as fuck - "we're the readers of the books and the leaders of the crooks". When he does political stuff, he follows the Southern tradition and leaves all the Infowars bullshit where it's best left; to hectoring, pompous bores like Immortal Technique or Lupe Fiasco. El-P's production is solid, too. Rather than try to make square-peg beats fit a round-hole emcee, he dials down the industrial side without compromising his style too much, and the end result is a much more tightly-focused record that brings the best out of both contributors. It's definitely on the "alternative" end of the scale, but is refreshingly free of all the usual art-wank bollocks you'd associate with the term. It's the kind of alternative rap record that regular rap fans can dig.
R.A.P. Music - on subsequent listens, it's really good.
I dunno why I expected this to be a dog's breakfast, but it isn't. Mike comes hard as fuck - "we're the readers of the books and the leaders of the crooks". When he does political stuff, he follows the Southern tradition and leaves all the Infowars bullshit where it's best left; to hectoring, pompous bores like Immortal Technique or Lupe Fiasco. El-P's production is solid, too. Rather than try to make square-peg beats fit a round-hole emcee, he dials down the industrial side without compromising his style too much, and the end result is a much more tightly-focused record that brings the best out of both contributors. It's definitely on the "alternative" end of the scale, but is refreshingly free of all the usual art-wank bollocks you'd associate with the term. It's the kind of alternative rap record that regular rap fans can dig.
Change by The Purist & Roc Marciano
The Purist & Action Bronson - Northern & Roozy by The Purist
great little 45 this - who is this cat the purist? liking the design on the poster too..
The Purist & Action Bronson - Northern & Roozy by The Purist
great little 45 this - who is this cat the purist? liking the design on the poster too..
Thats actually me. Got a video with the joint with Roc Marci dropping in a few weeks.
you can cop the Marci/Bronson 7 here http://kingkongholdingco.bandcamp.com/album/the-purist-double-feature-e-p
you can cop the Marci/Bronson 7 here http://kingkongholdingco.bandcamp.com/album/the-purist-double-feature-e-p
DocMcCoy said:
This is factory fresh, on the other hand.
Yeah heard this the other day. Not 100% sold on this particular track (though that might be more due to the sensitive nature of my head right now) but I do think that Brown's voice fits to grime production beautifully. Sure I read in an interview a while ago that he was a big fan of Dizzee's early stuff (might have been with Noz) and certainly works for him.
Some stuff I've been enjoying.....
This is factory fresh, on the other hand.
Yeah heard this the other day. Not 100% sold on this particular track (though that might be more due to the sensitive nature of my head right now) but I do think that Brown's voice fits to grime production beautifully. Sure I read in an interview a while ago that he was a big fan of Dizzee's early stuff (might have been with Noz) and certainly works for him.
Some stuff I've been enjoying.....
DocMcCoy said:Juan Cocktolstoy said:Bigg Jus "Machines That Make Civilization Fun"
Really? I thought it was barely listenable.
He's an acquired taste... I like his lyrical skill more than the music. "Poor People's Day" was better. I'm hoping for a EL-P and Bigg Jus collabo in the future... I say again, hoping...
Really? I thought it was barely listenable.
He's an acquired taste... I like his lyrical skill more than the music. "Poor People's Day" was better. I'm hoping for a EL-P and Bigg Jus collabo in the future... I say again, hoping...
The fact that I can stumble across stuff like this on the internet and have the album on my iphone 15 minutes later is still kind of facemelting to me. Mark it down to being the last generation which grew up without the internet. Anyway, highly recommended.
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