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Midnight Green' ReviewThe two-man crew ( comprised of emcee Racecar and producer/DJ K-Cruz ) from Chicago known as Modill came to my attention with there singles, "Move" featuring Thaione Davis & Truth E.N.O.L.A. and "Vacant Rhymes" featuring Dave from De La Soul, which both garnered more than a little bit of play from me on the Urban Alternatives radio show.
The group made an impression thanks in large part to K-Cruz's outstanding production and scratching which rivals that of the best beatmakers and DJs of the mid-to-late '90s crate-dug boom-bap era. But that shouldn't lead you to believe that Modill is a throwback act or that K-Cruz is a Premier clone like so many beatsmiths who favor basic boom-bap drum patterns and choppy samples. Cruz's style of beatmaking expands on the basics of boom-bappery by micro-chopping and reconstructing his samples and by using really melodic musical elements rather than simple stabs and hits thus giving his tracks a more mature sound than those of most of his indie-rap contemporaries. Granted, he takes a couple of cues from J. Dilla ( R.I.P. ) and his ilk, flipping soulful but robotic boom-clap beats, live instrumentation, spaced-out keyboards and intricate bass programming into the mix, but this combination of styles just lends his musical creations a feel unlike just about anything else being made right now.
Emcee Racecar's flow is fittingly simple but fluid, at times standing firm as a staccato verbal juxtaposition to K-Cruz's liquid musicality, and at others becoming amorphous and blending in with the beats in a way that compliments them like another instrument. Most of the guests ( a list largely comprised of Modill's Chicago area homies such as Thaione Davis, Diverse and Longshot but also including Brit Verb T and the aforementioned Truth E.N.O.L.A. and Dave from De La Soul ) possess a propensity for similar styles of verbal contortion so although the album is peppered with a wealth of guest verses the flavor brought to the table by the visitors never overpowers that of the meal being served by the hosts.
If anything about the album has an air of rigid formality it's the lyrical content, which for the most part sticks to tried and true topics such as the group's ( almost spiritual ) level of passion for music ( "Music," "Salvation" ), why they make the music they make ( "Nightly," "The Next Single" ), how they're better at making music than other hip-hop artists ( "Vacant Rhymes," "Moves" ) and how they hope their music effects the people who listen to it ( "Bigger Cents," "Got It ( Good )" ). Unsurprisingly -- for a group so rooted in the traditions of raw but positive hip-hop -- the familiar clichés are saturated through and through with a sentimentality intended to serve as a form of auditory upliftment; almost like chicken soup for the hip-hop soul. At least one track, "Bushed," delves into bold-faced political commentary though -- as Racecar vociferously critiques and dissects the policies and practices of George W. Bush and his administration -- and so stands out for it's concise lyrical treatment of very specific and unconventional thoughts and ideas.
With lyrical subject-matter that reads like a laundry-list of hip-hop archetypes and singularly hard-hitting, sample-fueled production comparisons to star duos of hip-hop's keep-it-real era such as Gang Starr, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Organized Konfusion and Showbiz & AG ( not to mention groups like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest ) are not only inevitable, but appropriate. Even more appropriate might be observations of both sonic and thematic similitude between Modill and slightly more contemporary pioneers of the backpack-rap scene such as Black Star ( there are times when emcee Racecar sounds like both Mos Def AND Talib Kweli simultaneously ) or J-Live ( who's flow is also echoed occasionally ) for example. The result is that Modill's 'Midnight Green' comes off as a uniquely contemporary and refreshingly rejuvenating revival of some of the "realest" sonic traditions hip-hop's third decade had to offer.
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