LISTED REVIEWS
Some beats are hard to tackle, but both do well at it, with a smooth, variable flow and creative, mature lyricism, their skills certainly don’t reveal their young age.
POSTED 06|25|2009
On ‘Be Allright’ Torch promises us to continue to come thorough, and, after so much consistency, we believe every word he says, especially after an album like this. Next appointment with a Moka album: very soon!
POSTED 06|06|2009
Last year Ivan Ives and his lyrical skills were showcased on Myspace and in Rolling Stone magazine and he did well out of it. Stimulated by the internet success, Ivan managed to put together a most anticipating sixth album through his own No Treshold Recordings and works further on his road to success.
POSTED 06|05|2009
The Grouch is in top condition and clearly infects Eligh with a vibe that is seldom seen on any hip-hop record. Nothing is rapped too much, nothing has been said too much, the beats easily read the lyrics and the lyrics are un-existing without the beats.
POSTED 03|31|2009
Just as the roman 'Brave New World' this album has a utopian side to it. It contains great hip-hop with a optimistic vision -the authors are predicting a world that is deliberated from unskilful rappers- but it has an ironic edge to it. They still know that the struggle has to continue and that the world -politics- won’t turn for the better of things all of a sudden.
POSTED 03|30|2009
This has become a very qualitative, personal hip-hop testament of both artists, with a mature and modern vision on 'believing anno 2009', that might make agnostics change their mind.
POSTED 03|06|2009
A pamphlet of blue-collar heroism, a story that has never been more relevant than in today’s economic slump. Get out of the dirt and follow your dreams, an adagio where ninety percent of the Motor Citizens can relate to.
POSTED 03|06|2009
Three years after Dilla’s passing, we’ve been able to witness a lot of dedications and homages. Artists that stood close to him, artists that felt connected with him, they all wanted to pay tribute. But actually it was really waiting for Madlib’s eulogy...
POSTED 02|17|2009
This album is a good listen, it's something different, the music's really energetic (ideal for live performances), some choruses really stick, but what comes in between, the verses, unfortunately don't.
POSTED 02|04|2009
This album breathes music history (there's skits from The Last Poets and Howling Wolf) and a piece of mind, introducing us to a well-skilled rapper whose debut album we're eagerly waiting.
POSTED 02|04|2009from the vaults
