Have you picked up the new Hi-Tek yet?
If not, and you're from Cincinnati, then shame on you. Support your Cincinnati artists as they go out into the world.
I haven't spun it enough times to give my complete thoughts on it, but it sounds like a complete album. The guest list is stacked (Talib Kweli, Common, Nas, Busta, Q-Tip, Ghostface Killah, and more) and the production is diverse. He's able to mix a classic soul feel into some tracks ("Josephine") while using a grimier approach on others ("the March"). With the monotony of other artists in the genre, it's important to keep the listener off-balance if you want your CD remembered.
Hopefully I'll have more thoughts on the album later.
Get over to Shake It if you love unique local businesses and want to support a Cincinnati artist who has written Cincinnati back on to the hip-hop map.
If you're the type of punk who shops on the internet because you don't want to scrape yourself out of your desk chair, there's always Amazon.com.
I haven't spun it enough times to give my complete thoughts on it, but it sounds like a complete album. The guest list is stacked (Talib Kweli, Common, Nas, Busta, Q-Tip, Ghostface Killah, and more) and the production is diverse. He's able to mix a classic soul feel into some tracks ("Josephine") while using a grimier approach on others ("the March"). With the monotony of other artists in the genre, it's important to keep the listener off-balance if you want your CD remembered.
Hopefully I'll have more thoughts on the album later.
Get over to Shake It if you love unique local businesses and want to support a Cincinnati artist who has written Cincinnati back on to the hip-hop map.
If you're the type of punk who shops on the internet because you don't want to scrape yourself out of your desk chair, there's always Amazon.com.
