Posts By Ken Glauber
Nametag & Nameless – For Namesake
Nametag & Nameless – For Namesake Brick Records: 2013 There are plenty of ways to make messy sound good. Record labels like Stones Throw, Warp, and Brainfeeder have made it their trademark to boast rhythmically challenging beats, but there is…
Homeboy Sandman – Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent
Homeboy Sandman - Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent Stones Throw: 2013 Kool Herc: Fertile Crescent, Sandman’s new release with producer El RTNC, celebrates the format and original purpose of the EP. There are no singular tracks that stick out as much better…
Papoose – The Nacirema Dream
Papoose - The Nacirema Dream Fontana: 2013 This album’s history is so pregnant with delays and label interference that at the end of the day, you just have to be thankful that it didn’t turn out like Lupe Fiasco’s LASERS. The fact that The…
Blu, MED & Madlib – The Burgundy EP
Blu, MED & Madlib - The Burgundy EP Bang Ya Head: 2013 It takes a lot to make Blu drop the ball on a release. This is not one of those releases. The man/color seems very comfortable in his place in…
Black Dave – Stay Black
Black Dave - Stay Black Self-released: 2013 It seems odd to bring up sincerity on a mixtape with song titles like “Bucket Low (Fuck It Tho)”, “Bitch N*gga Why You Fake” and “Muthafuck! My Enemies”, but there is a massive feeling…
Sadistik – Flowers For My Father
Sadistik - Flowers For My Father Fake Four Inc.: 2013 Remember when rappers were poets? When there was incredible substance and reflection in rap lyrics? When you weren’t allowed to “rhyme” the same word three times (Juicy J rhymes “people” three…
Curren$y – New Jet City
Curren$y - New Jet City Self-released: 2013 Remember that track “Meteor Hammer” from the Wu-Tang compilation Legendary Weapons? Ghostface Killah, the Wu host and veteran of the track, performed a very ordinary verse, only to be upstaged by his two lesser…
Raekwon – Lost Jewlry
Raekwon - Lost Jewlry Self-released: 2013 Let’s equate Raekwon to an action movie star of the rap game, like the Tom Cruise of hip hop. Did you see Jack Reacher? Me neither. Did you forget how good Mission Impossible is? Me…
