If at all possible, try and avoid the news.
There are no stories worth telling, and those that are passed around have nothing to share. Yet eyeballs are at a premium. Sometimes a little orthographic teasing is all a publication needs to break into the market. Luckily there is always a state in the union willing to go high noon on the nation. For the time being Oklahoma is the new Arizona.
Kansas, you are not much further behind.
Republicans swept into congress, and as such, Senator James Inhofe - senate Blackbeard and renown climate enthusiast - has enjoyed a more prominent profile. The Curse of the Based God will simply not leave Kevin Durant alone. Then, of course, there is the case of a rogue university a cappella group.
But the selection below fits in by sheer geographic more than anything else.
Much like the recently featured Muskogee Tre, Le'Troy Mack is an Oklahoma based rapper. Coming off a long playing release in 2014 and, as such the spitter has released a new video. Premiering yesterday, the song below is a titled "Changin' Thangs." While production credits are not available, the track is serviceable. Beginning with a soul sample, the rhythm is similarly light. The beat is carried by hi-hat/clap as the crash from the sample is heard in support. Bass lurks in the secondary like Roy Williams. Piano is the most prominent feature in the run. Synth provides harmony during verses. When Lan Louie jumps on the hook, though, a second is heard amidst the ad-libs.
Lyrically an image is projected. After all, "Changing Thangs is a boasting recorder with a personal touch. Like Russell Westbrook the performance speaks for itself. Figures of the past - family members, friends, teachers, and rappers - are put into verses set in the present where an older improved version of the person they knew proves them wrong. If nothing else, though, a conclusion is sorely missing as the track takes a full minute to play out after the final chorus.
The is flow are amorphous. Reminiscent alternative Chicago, there is certainly potential
Notable Mention: Bishop Nehru - "Harmony in a Glass [Prod. Bishy Nehru]"
Close to its limit, the week is quickly coming to a close.
Only so many Doom mentions can be made in a seven day span
Still, one more must be made. The Bishop Nehru song below, titled "Harmony in a Glass," is a self-produced number. An single electric guitar carries the run as a hi-hat/clap/kick combination lays out the rhythm. None, however, overshadow the bass. Slinking across eight beats, the groove is smooth and heavy. An alien on the Earth, Nehru covers ground like the silver surfer. Non-sequiturs are scattered around the two verses/choruses with a technical writing style pushed forward by a slew of internal rhymes. Appropriately, the message is between the lines. Enunciation is clear by the microphone selection is not. Careful attention is required as Nehru navigates an extended metaphor of the human body as a vessel half full that culminates with, "I got a glass that's filled but I'm gonna clean it up / In the next refill Imma fill it to the top"
All that being raw in content and sound, Nehru is aging well.
- J.N.
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