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| | | weird forest (usa) #weird 057 cd lil b “rain in england” compact disc - birth to life (3:42)
- everything (5:50)
- just dream (4:52)
- love is strange (3:34)
- my windowsill (5:28)
- all women (3:16)
- earth's medicine (6:09)
- i am the hellraiser (6:52)
- my business (8:05)
- hate is fear (6:28)
- letter to family (4:56)
- all my life (5:36)
- death (3:33)
- god kissed me (5:36)
| september 2010 release ; ... originally described, rather hyperbolically, as “gil scott heron rapping over oneohtrix point never style new age synth pads” ; i will concede that, yes, this is quite weird & well outside of the hip hop mainstream, perhaps even appealingly so ...
but aside from that i’m at a loss to paint this in any sort of light, lest the complications of taste-demarcation (especially when it comes to these “blog celebrity” types) bite me in the ass tomorrow ... so i’ll leave the thinking up to you (for once) ; hate it or love it, your call ... |
| | weird forest press release... |
| lil b rain in england cd
just who is lil b? the based god has scored so many youtube hits and crammed so many full length albums under his belt it can be hard for youngbloods to get a handle on what this rap savant is all about. is he the internet sensation with a hundred girls on his dick? or could he be the leading light of a new hip hop underground, one that has finally wrenched itself from the grubby backpacks and the cynicism of the mid 1990s? he's both, and with 'rain in england' the story gets even more mysterious and far more incomprehensible. those already up to speed on b's molasses-beats and stream-of-consciousness ('based') flow will think they got him pegged. internet hype and heavy tunes -- battle raps and copious interviews. he's the anti-drake - all ill-mannered, hungry and mercilessly lo-fidelity, and unafraid to make a beef over twitter.
'rain in england' shows an antithesis to this character, a tempered side to his add report card. part new-age ambient and part hip hop, the record is uncharacteristically fluid, with b's singular rhymes falling perfectly into a bed of syrupy electronics. b never falls into the trap of allowing himself to get too abstractedly wordy, yet we always retain the sense that he's not your typical street rapper. he's young, but there are stories to be told, and those stories are heard through the frosted glass of burned synthesizer melodies and disintegrating pads.
singular, disturbing and certain to polarize listeners, 'rain in england' is an album destined for a new breed of rap fans. lil b may just be the genre's brightest young hope; what exactly that genre is, only time will tell.
- john twells |
cover: shaina chavida. photos: brandon mccartney.
cd features slightly modified cover design by aaron winters. |
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