Rap: The second half of june 2018
ALBUM OF THE MONTH
BiggDawg C-Loc – Ground Zero – C-Loc’s post-1997 albums were close to unlistenable. I couldn’t listen to his latest from the last year or something without tears. You can imagine I had zero expectations from this new one. Boy, was I wrong. It’s full of post-prison moral, it’s hard. On one track C-Loc gives the soundest advice as I heard in a long time: Put down the Bible, pick up the shank. C-Loc is no Uncle Tom.
In the other news
The Jacka – MobTies Enterprises Presents Mobties – I can’t vouch it’s all new material but to me it seems like new. Maybe it’s not the Jacka stuff you can write home about. The hell with it. Please dig up more.
Clyde Carson – Summer Wave – Two-song EP. Perfect summer music. If I went to parties, I’d dance to it.
Lil Blood – Ndugu – Blood always sounds angry and unsatisfied. He’s probably broke. Good for all of us.
Reece Loc – Revenge in My Lense – I expected it would be the generic rubbish. Nope. This is how it happens: you listen to through dozens junk Bay Area tapes and albums just to find a gem among a pile of shit. It’s raw street stuff and it’s catchy as fukk.
Nasty Nate – 91 Premium – This is generic in the worst way. I don’t even remember I gave it a listen.
IAMSU – 06 Solara – I’m sorry I never properly listened to IAMSU. He’s kinda sorta in between Yhung T.O and Curren$y. I need to listen to it again. And again.
Gunplay – ACTIVE – A piece of junk.
J Prince – The Art and Science of Respect – It’s more than 7 hours long. It’s narrated by J Prince himself. A few days I lived surrounded by his voice. I’m bookish (though not audiobookish), and this is a rare exception when you NEED an audiobook in addition to your physical book/e-book.
