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Free Music Review: Politically and Socially Conscious Words & Jam Beats
Hit: 5 Stars
For many years I have dug hip hop that attempted to lift the listener with a message of political or social consciousness. This album delivers in ways that blows away the competition and inspires all who listen. Sometimes RA Scion's songs can be wordy but he lays it down with so much skill and rhythm that it works. And when you recognize the depth of his message you want to pay attention to each word. Free Music Review: Like hearing rap with fresh ears
Hit: 4 Stars
Came onto Common Market because I was told if you like Blue Scholars these guys are for you. This best word to describe this album is refreshing, it gives me a a great feeling like few other albums do, it really gets me up. Only reservation would be the rapper is good not great I can only dream of a Sabzi and Phonte album it would be so good they might even play it on the radio :)Free Music Review: a true diamond in the rough
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my favorite album of 2006 next to Fishscale. This IS classic, no doubt about it; the production (Sabzi) is stellar and the emcee (Ra Scion) is a wordsmith (no pun intended). Here's one of the many excellent verses off his album (this is from My Pathology):
012 - MY PATHOLOGY
Aiyo - below the terra firma's the murmur of many men
Resonatin' the predication of RA's eponym
It requires a higher degree of thought to transmit
Elevate above the base and retrace the semantics
Incommensurately we've been held incommunicado
From commoner to commodore - they breed bravado
I exercise authority over the lesser ranks
We rally and tally up at the shores of the West Bank
The shottie lick the body politic - feel the kickback, son
Pardon the warden to remit that one
Sinkin' solemnly into the vein of my pathology
I maintain the etymology of "I" defy chronology
Copy me, cosmically I seek to be laconic and terse
The meek shall admonish the earth
While the merits of inheritance are gainfully pealed
They symbolism of nepotism is painfully real
The provisioners of policy are plottin' my demise
In addition, the aristocracy's blockin' the uprise
The commandant's callin' for change by any means
I've seen heaven and hell; it feels strange in between
Never settle - the medal pacifies rebel troops
But truth is the honor in the eyes of the resolute
Press on - employ the pen to postulate upon it
Verily I perform the pass summarily - you wonder why?
this is definitely one of my favorite purchases from 2 years ago, and it's a shame that these guys don't have any more reviews than this. I highly reccomend it.
best tracks:
Connect For
G'dang Diggy
Ever Last One
My Pathology
Re-Fresh
Poison
Push
Succor MCs
Love One
Incase you didn't notice, this is more than half the album. And the rest of the songs are great too. If you're looking for something new to add to your collection that has more going for it than being "slightly more articulate than the mainstream" you should check this out. Note that youtube has most of the songs uploaded incase you aren't satisfied by 30 second samples.
Free Music Review: One of the best Hip-Hop albums In Recent Memory
Hit: 5 Stars
I stumbled across these guys while doing some searching for Blue Scholars and of course Sabzi's name came up in relation to this as the producer, and I decided, since Sabzi is one of the best producers in the business right now, why not check it out. Needless to say I was extremely surprised, and ultimately I'd rank this much higher than Blue Scholars or most other underground sounds in recent memory.
Not much I can say that the other reviewers haven't, but as far as it's existence within the hip hop spectrum, it is some of the best material I've heard out there ever. RA Scion is one of the most spiritual, meditative, and intelligent lyricists period. Drumming through many topics spoken from personal experience, and establishing hope and positivity within the rhyme. Very rare. Crossbow, for instance, is one of the most explorative tracks I have heard, discussing the drawbacks of faith and such cultures. And once it's done you realize the flow never stopped once. So much to say. Love One is a really beautiful song, and it isn't the only one he puts loads of emotion into that at times is really touching. Connect For, probably my favorite on the disc, is a really uplifting track regarding change in general on a political and societal level that still remains in the realm of realism, which is genius at times. Succor MCs was a really interesting track, encouraging expression, which so many underground artists seem to be throwing their energy in this regard in the wrong direction, complaining everyone is an MC. The song is a really moving look at such a concept, in a way. It's also nice to see Geo and Gabriel make appearances on the last remix track.
Sabzi, of course, totally explodes on this album, and I think the production surpasses anything else I've heard from him (saying a lot). His beats match RA's lyrics in depth and emotion on all levels, and I really can't imagine RA without these sounds behind him.
This is really a buried gem at this point. It's so rare a duo comes along like this. RA mixes intelligent and spiritual political and societal commentary from a personal core that really shows us what hip hop was meant to be: "To me MC means mentor the child." The diversity from upbeat raw beats and lyrics to layered and emote tracks is perfect. I can't really see this duo going overlooked for much longer, especially with a second LP, Tobacco Road, just around the corner (late 2007, early 2008).
Favorite Tracks: Push, Connect For, Crossbow, Love One, Succor MCs, Doors (every track is great, and everyone's is going to find their own favorites)
Free Music Review: Pure Genious
Hit: 5 Stars
this album blew my mind, whenever i searched common this album kept popping up and i listened to some samples and bought it and that turned out to be the best decision i have ever made. It is a perfect album because you can listen to it straight through without skipping.
my favorite tracks
1.re-fresh
2.push
3.connect for
4.love one
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