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Part poet, part lefty-observationalist, Buck 65 spits rhymes that consistently comment on society’s rights and wrongdoings. His 11th CD--focusing largely on 1957, the year that the Beat Generation was born--is no different in its approach. The horns and background sounds on "Spread ‘Em" reek of Dragnet as Buck growls out a verbal strip search, while the Bettie Page tale ("Lipstick") finds him singing, "My favorite record’s Rumble by Link Wray," with the perfectly subtle amount of Wray-style vibrato guitar. In a lot of ways, while Buck and his DJ--the extremely talented Skratch Bastid--are une
Part poet, part lefty-observationalist, Buck 65 spits rhymes that consistently comment on society’s rights and wrongdoings. His 11th CD--focusing largely on 1957, the year that the Beat Generation was born--is no different in its approach. The horns and background sounds on "Spread ‘Em" reek of Dragnet as Buck growls out a verbal strip search, while the Bettie Page tale ("Lipstick") finds him singing, "My favorite record’s Rumble by Link Wray," with the perfectly subtle amount of Wray-style vibrato guitar. In a lot of ways, while Buck and his DJ--the extremely talented Skratch Bastid--are unequivocally rooted in hip-hop, many of the musical styles on Situation come from decades past. "Cop Shades" mixes ‘60s soul with ‘70s horns, while "The Beatific" makes reference to Charlie Parker and the music of ‘80s band the Motels. Like a high-intensity video game, there’s no time to stop, look around, and take in the beauty or ugliness in any Buck 65 song; he fires words with such speed that there is no one ‘hook’ or chorus on the disc that remotely resembles hit-radio material. However, that heady lyrical style has brought him a dedicated fan base and--after 15 years as a recording artist--still renders his music full of interesting and edifying qualities. --Denise Sheppard
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Manufacturer: Strangefamousrecords
Release date: 30 October 2007
EAN: 0655035141121 UPC: 655035141121
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