Hip-Hop REVIEWS
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Souls of Mischief
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Line Em Up actually be corrupting itself
Proper Aim E1 Entertainment here, the distortion on
Hieroglyphics the synth line and Snoop’s
Wow! Fantastic shit from robotic vocals recalling
From the soon-come, Prince Paul JO & CG, rock solid beat Prince at his randiest best.
helmed ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’, Obba Supa & Evil Ed Blak Madeen straight outta Pharcyde’s
Oakland’s finest are given something Midnight Mathematics Level Of A Devil ‘Pandemonium’, ace HC Rakim
beautiful to flow over here, a crisp Project Mooncircle Leedz Entertainment East Coast vocals from the Euphoria
roll of jazz and soundtrack strings MCs, a slather of strings, NA
like Quincy Jones and David Axelrod Fantastically brain-jangling brilliance Al-J and Yusuf hook up with Reef The and horns of a Kingston/
trying to outcool each other. Wicked from Obba, the kind of deep, grainy Lost Cauze and on ‘See The Light’ Memphis vintage you can’t Forget the more official
off-kilter keyboards twist the chorus psyche no-one this side of Outkast or producer Stubanger does them all resist. ‘How To Emcee’ release and
into your brain: if this standard Madlib can do this convincingly, dub justice with a production so damn swish, go straight for this bonus
can be kept up on the album we’ve and space weaving between each other so packed with gorgeous detail you Wale cut currently floating
already got one of 2010’s most and some wibbled, dribbling keyboards. just wanna swim in it, as sweet a fire as The Meeting around — Jada, Busta,
essential releases. ‘For Real Y’all’ and Odd how a lot of the best cutting-edge Earth Wind & Fire or Chic. Yeah, you’ll Interscope Styles P and, of course, the
‘Postal’ on the flip suggest that’s the production (check Lewis Parker) in the know where it’s from, but who cares R coming together on a
case. Get in early. UK is starting to sound like the groggi- when it’s put together with such peachy Muhfugga keeps working great beat and irresistible
est freakiest moments of UK prog (Soft immaculate grace. Cocaine, a limo and with scumbags (John loop. Frabjous.
Machine, Wyatt, Neil Ardley). Absolutely lingerie not included but entirely neces-
Skandal essential. sary. Go get.
Kill ’Em Wit The Flow
NA Scienz of Life Juelz Santana & Lil Wayne
Applause – Clap Ya Hands Move The Damn Thing
This is Goth, man. Seriously. Listen to Wax Museum Def Jam
the grand guignol keyboards on the
intro — listen to Skandal’s vocals as Lil Sci, aka John Robinson, who See, I remember when hip-hop was
well — he follows the bass hook like he’s produces the mighty SOL has once again for aesthetes. Poets. Revolutionaries.
Robert Smith or summat. What’s good found some unique sources and hence Artists. Weirdos. Nihilists. Criminals.
about this is that it sounds simultane- the sound that emerges is utterly incom- Now it’s been so effectively retweaked,
ously like it’d drive a dancefloor wild parable, a strange X-Clan-style mix of rebranded and reformed for drunk club-
but also that it’d actually pull all those ancient texture and modern punch, a going arseholes to throw beer around
CAPPO NO CURE RECORDS
people scowling on the stairs onto the strange haunting flute twirled around to in between conspicuously failing to
dancefloor as well. An angry, downered, the peripheries, the beats keeping pull, I feel I really don’t belong here 01. CAPPO/ENDEMIC FEAT CYRUS MALACHI & IRON BRAYDZ ‘Hack-
deeply confusing record. Like hip-hop things bumping that expressway to your anymore. Or at least, your ears shouldn’t
saw’ No Cure
“A merciless onslaught that begins and ends flawlessly.”
used to make. skull. Superb. waste their time listening to anything
the US mainstream has to offer in the
02. RAEKWON FEAT METHOD MAN ‘Meth vs Chef Part 2’ Wu-Tang
“Rae and Meth trading the ill verses over a sick Mathematics’ track.”
D Gritty Grayskul next year. Utter dogshit.
Real Talk Alley Bastards
03. TORAE/MARCO POLO ‘Beautiful Decay’ Duck Down
“The snares on this song are ridiculous and the sample is dope.”
RAGS Taxidermy Records Juicy J & Project Pat
Twerk
04. KEVLAAR 7 ‘Unbutton Your Holsters’ Sound Records
“My man Kevlaar going in hard on a sick track by Wooden Chains.”
F’course, you can be guaranteed that Great production from Graymaker here, Sony
when a rapper says he’s going to cut the kind of perfect beat, bass and guitar
05. NINE ‘Yes’ NA
“Trademark flows from the legend on this banger!”
the shit and get real you’re gonna get combo that reminds you of the best of I can kinda accept it when Vybz Cartel
some top uncut pomposity — there’s Dre/Rock/Premo, just some rock-solid comes out with yet another dance-move
06. RAEKWON ‘Canal Street’ Wu Tang
“Rae paints the picture over tracks like no other.”
something a little po-faced about the madly addictive shit you want on every related track because daggering or do-
stripped down earnestness of this track, car journey, every walk to the shops, ing the dutty wine actually implies some
07. ENDEMIC FEAT HELL RAZA, M9 & KEVLAAR ‘Three Kings’ No Cure
“Deep and epic joint with incredible lyrics from Razah, 9 & Kevlaar.”
but it’s saved by the fact that D Gritty every single second of the day. On the effort, actually implies a unique move at
genuinely has something to say and that flip, ‘Machine’ is more challenging, but a very specific time — people have been
08. RED CAFÉ ‘Heart and Soul’ Bad Boy
“Pete Rock laces the beat and Red Cafe brings the imagery to the forefront.”
the spectral ambient trip-hop backdrop no less compelling, whilst ‘Mars Voltage’ talking about ‘Twerking’ since I was in
he’s stalking through is murderously is a stunning, ravishing meld of punchy my 20s and all it’s ever seemed to mean
09. J DILLA ‘Kaklow’ Nature Sounds
“One of many of the musical masterclasses on the ‘Jay Stay Paid’ release.”
effective throughout. A big, big track for street-funk and twisted free jazz. If is basically shaking your arse like you’re
2010, destined to detonate eardrums that’s any indication of what’s to come, trying to dislodge a particularly recalci-
10. MOP FEAT STYLES P ‘Bang Time’ E1/Koch
“One of the hardest tracks from MOP and Styles. Nuff said!”
across the land. then keep an eye on these guys. trant tagnut. That’s not dancing.
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