CROWD GANG BITCH

So I downloaded the free Crowd Gang Bitch album off of www.ayebro.co.nz today. I admit I had no Idea who Crowd Gang Bitch were and I’m not sure why I decided to download it but I think it was the cover art that intrigued me or maybe it was subliminal messages flashing at me or something.

So It turns out that Crowd Gang Bitch are like a hip hop super group made up of members signed to Move The Crowd Records. Dirty Sesh, Young Sid, Cavell and  Sir T are the rappers with production from Dirty Sesh, Pretty Major, Smokey Beatz, 44, and Shuko, None of whome I‘ve heard of until now bar Dirty Sesh. But I could fill a warehouse with shit I haven’t heard of.

Anyway…The opening track ‘Whiskey’ is the stand out track with the video to go with it. It’s a live video and looks like a mean as gig and showcases the talents of Young Sid and Dirty Sesh.

I really liked the songs ‘High Hopes’ which describes the difference between the hip hop dream and the disappointing reality of it all after it has come true and also describes the struggle to get the public to “feel” you.

The other track that stood out to me is ‘Radio Song’ which describes Crowd Gang Bitch’s awareness of the pressures to conform to the radio format and their reluctance and defiance to do so.

 ‘Say Something’ featuring Vince Harder and Cavell fits the description of a radio song very well and is my pick for the albums radio friendly unit shifter.

My only criticism of the album is the accents of the rappers constantly vacillating between Yankee and Kiwi which to me shows that the rappers haven’t yet found their true identity as New Zealanders.

I really liked the skits in this album which showed a more humble humorous and real side to the Move the Crowd rappers.

Over all this album is hot and I’m stoked I downloaded it. Thanks Crowd Gang Bitch…ridiculous name maybe?….hmmmm….maybe!

 

Anyway get the album here by clicking on the cover art work below.

 

 

And check out the music video for Whiskey below.

 

KAPABAL 'NO REST'

Kapabal has been around for a long time and represents Hutt Valley Wellington. I’ve never really checked him out thoroughly before now but have always been aware of his presence over the years. After seeing his reviews for his new album No Rest I thought I’d check him out and see if the reviewers were being biased or hard on him because he’s a white rapper.

My first impression is ....hey its NZ Hip Hop with no "yanking off" that’s a good sign, at least he’s not trying to be American. The song Flammable has got some pretty dope production and a catchy hook although everywhere I look on the internet I see people criticising his work. That must be frustrating.

No Rest is Kapabals third album and he has produced engineered written and performed the songs which is a feet in it´s self. No wonder the album is called No Rest. The Album has 16 tracks and has a an urban dance feel with a lot of synths and 808 snare rolls and hard hitting boom bap. The lyrics are quite conscious especially in the song 'Going on around me'. This is my favourite track on the album.

I admire the unmistakable New Zealand sound of Kapabals work and his vision and persistence in this very tough NZ Hip Hop game and I think the production on the album No Rest is quality, although I think the one thing letting Kapabal down is his flow, most often coming off a little jaunty and awkward. But in saying that all in all I enjoyed discovering Kapabals new album and think he’s well worth a listen. Which you can do at The apple Itunes store.

 

The flammable music video below.