Hip Hop Playlist - Fall 2009

“Rapping for Money”, Themselves w/ Why
“Moving Truck”, Radioinactive & Antimc
“Seraphim Revolver”, NMS
“Moonshine”, Kill the Vultures
“Florida Ki’s”, Super Chron Flight Brothers
“Superunfrontable”, Antipop Consortium
“Long Socks”, Charles Hamilton
“Different Animal”, OptimisGFN
“Nonthreatening Patriarch”, V8 & Shortrock
“Fallen Soldiers”, Cormega
“How to Serve a Man”, El-P
“Bad Jokes”, Ceschi
“When You’re Going Down”, Camu Tao (rest in peace)

peace and happy listening,
ReCaaLL the Albatross

8/8 Esoteric, Top Choice, ReCaaLL & X-product

come through and party!
peace,
ReCaaLL

Live Hip Hop Benefit show

The simplest and best human action: people helping people in a tough time.

Recaall reviews the new DOOM

Recaall, or at the kids call him, metalface woolf, has reviewed the new MF DOOM record. Enjoy:

“Born Like This” – DOOM

First off, the cd artwork is ridiculous. It’s not only very dope stylistically, it’s textured. So, buying the cd was an experience in itself, I was like –‘whoa, this is something new’.
I think the album can be looked at best by taking on the lyrics and production separately.

Lyrically, this may be my favorite DOOM release. He’s extra crass and braggadocios. But, he’s also conceptual. Take tracks like Cellz, with its foreboding take on the future, or Angels, even though it already appeared on the Ghostface project. Both are on some next level shit from DOOM, where he actually talks about something other than street skuz and shitty emcees. His wordplay overall is as good as anything on Doomsday and thereafter. However, aside from the Wu members, all the guest appearances are pretty lackluster. “Still Dope” with Empress The Stahh, think “Guinesses” from MM Food, almost ruined the album for me. Ok, you’re a girl and you can rhyme, great…no-one cares. A lot of females can rip, and even about something other than being a woman. “Supervillanz” looked like an allstar cut on the tracklistings, given the line-up, but it comes off sloppy and unnatural- although the faux vocoder is pretty hilarious, and DOOM kills it. The message from Bumpy Knuckles seems to be some weird attempt at gaining some street cred; and most of the interludes are pointless and not even humorous.

The production, aside from DOOM’s own, is boring. Luckily, he produces most of the album. Ok, he did just jack that ESG track for “Yessir”, but cuts like “Cellz” and “Supervillanz” remind me a lot of the gritty production on the Geedorah project. It’s choppy and gritty. It’s tough to say this, but the Dilla joints seem boring, though the lightworks vocal sample is unique, and JakeOne’s typical classic hip-hop, ie. new york-ish premier-like, production seem too unenthusiastic for DOOM. Probably the two most “ear-friendly”, ie. something you can put your overground friends onto are both DOOM products, “That’s that” and “Microwave”; the loops are simple but reminiscent of Doomsday.

To sum it up, DOOM is still on his game, but maybe he needs to simply stick with doing everything on his own. The work from others is where the album lacks, aside from Rae and Ghost. It’s worth picking up and it’s good for kicking back and drinking a 40 to, as I did. DOOM still presents us with a bunch of quote-ables that you’ll probably overhear me mumbling if you follow me on my weekly orange line trek to ughh.

a simple death, a written war

Deaf on Mondegreen (Recaall, HMR's AM, Sir Sodium) have a new mixtape coming out that combines the ancient art of misanthropy with the new convenience of electronic musical equipment. It is, in the words of the late Ernest Hemingway, "11-tracks that go from korg-infused faux euro dancepop snips to gritty, acoustic hip hop explorations on the worst day ever." Check them out, now, before they get all skinny and joyous.

Also, you can meet Recaall live and in person:
Mar 5 2009 Brickhouse Dover, New Hampshire
Mar 6 2009 Sammy’s Patio Revere, Massachusetts
Mar 28 2009 No. 9 Ale House - BENEFIT SHOW Malden, Massachusetts
Apr 17 2009 Geno’s Rock Club Portland, Maine

Speaking of March 28:

I want you to breathe easy

OptimisGFN and Recaall in Brooklyn:

Recaall in the greatest's birthplace

In my last installment, which (shamefully) was all the way before Recaall's trip to the westcoast, I asked:

Will the R.E.C.'s eternal urban stress and perpetual aggression melt under the forgiving sun of NorCal?

The answer---sad for him, good for the listening public---is no. He's as cold and prematurely old as ever. Katie Couric checked his myspace and was depressed for a long weekend.



Brooklyn, we go hard? It must be a sign that Recaall's getting some cred because out-of-town folks are spelling his name right.