[bandcamp album=525950716 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande3] I’d forgotten about Stanley Odd, found a couple of his tracks months back and thought to myself ‘that’s really good’ and then never listened to them again, until today. It’s a couple of months old but his latest release is The Day I Went Deaf, […]
Hip Hop
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Ghostown – Reflectionz (Jamendo) How cutting edge am I? Discovering and reviewing albums released a mere 7 months ago, trend setter me, a latter day John Peel. Anyway, Reflectionz is an albums worth of eclectic Hip Hop which does eccentric as it should be done, hurling in acordians and random styles […]
S.U.N. – The One (Jamendo) Consciousness Rap or Political Rap, or whatever you want to call it. Funny sub-genre really, supposedly a noble alternative to the tedious Gangsta musings which took control all those years ago but for the most part it’s all bland as fuck. There are few styles […]
SCLWN – Everything is OK (Hool-A-Hop Records) It’s an odd task reviewing foreign language Hip Hop. The genre is built upon its lyrical qualities at least as much as its musical ones and trying to rate the value of what’s being said in a language you have absolutely no understanding […]
Dockta Valkus – Skybase (Neferiu Records) Hmh, from Professor Kliq to Dockta Valkus, less of a brave leap into the abyss and more of a sideways shuffle. Dockta Valkus is another one not quite fitting into a clear slot, or rather he is but he’s not sure how he’s doing it. […]
Tab – Poet in the Dark (Jamendo) Good production, good vocals, good lyrics, on a CC Hip-Hop album? Why yes, yes indeed and I was surprised too. For some reason the Creative Commons scene always seem to have trouble getting Hip-Hop right, generally there’s an abundance of good producers plying their […]
SCLWN – White Rabbit/New Yeah (Hool-a-Hop Records) It all seems to be happening in Russia at the moment, barely any time at all after releasing his solo effort ‘Horseboy’ Damscray is back to teaming up with SCLWN to release an EP length follow up to ‘Everything is OK’, which I reviewed […]
Black Era – Third Eye Guerilla (Aquietbump) Heavy, slow and brooding but still just warm enough to be a relaxed listen. There’s a fairly brief summary of a rather good EP although leaving it at that might not quite justify my existence. ‘Third Eye Guerilla’, coming from the Aquietbump NetLabel, is […]
Super Chron Flight Brothers – Indonesia (Backwoodz Studioz) A bit of a stretch today, at least as far as the ‘Creative Commons’ tag goes because this ain’t, as it were. This is however a free album and licensing aside it deserves a bit of loving attention. So, Super Chron Flight Brothers, […]
Jay Slim – The High Life (Just Plain Sound) Mo’ mo’ Hip Hop, which should come as about as much of a surprise on this blog as a corrupt MP resigning from Parliament. Bu-ut on a slightly more novel tip there’s actually a Rapper here as opposed to the usual collection […]