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J.C. |
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Track Listing Pressed
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| This anti-contemporary slab of vinyl is an autobiography of Vancouver's own avant guard rapper, JC. Eleven tracks of mutant hip-hop, filled with clever references to hardcore/punk bands, like a wink and nod to those of us who understand them. JC twists, wiggles, and sometimes forces his way threw the English language as processed samples are sequenced together to create thumping jagged rhythms. Sometimes JC raps about politics, and sometimes it's about growing up bred on punk and hardcore. "For the most part this is a dude rapping over beats and grooves about subjects that most definitely aren't gangsta's, bitches, the bling bling or ho's - e.g. "Parasites" which is about military spending. He does say "mad whack principles" one time though, and could be giving props to Hot Water Music with the line "More Fuel For the Hate Game", ha ha, actually, probably not. I like the song title "I Am Not Jarvis Cocker Though I Have the Same Initials". The backing music is really varied, like the jazzy piano that splinters "Birds Life" in a rather freeform fashion, in fact quite a few of the tracks have a jazzy latterday Tortoise-esque feel to them at times. JC also make use of bongos, didgeridoo and hammond organ at other points on this album." - Collective Zine UK |
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