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MH-264 K-The-I??? - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow  K-The-I??? marks a thunderous return to Mush with his latest full-length, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. Production on the album is handled entirely by Thavius Beck, his first project since he finished work on Saul Willaims' Niggy Tardust alongside Trent Reznor. Where his debut, Broken Love Letter, focused on past loves gone wrong, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is a collection of songs about the MC's cross country relocation, and trying to come to terms with how his life has changed from that. The result is a work of singular focus that catches K-The-I??? at his strongest, dropping ingenious lyrics over Blade Runner beats. The album features a stellar line-up of guest MCs as High Priest of a newly reunited Antipop Consortium, Busdriver, Subtitle, Scribble Jam winner Nocando, Vyle, and Mestizo all drop in. Thavius Beck even leaves the producer's desk and steps in front of the mic for a track. For fans looking for an album that ties hip-hop's past, present and future, K-The-I???'s Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow delivers. |
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| K's back and kicking - stand clear - NME / Rewards as much as it refuses to compromise - The Wire / Another strong notch on the post of lyrically-progressive hip-hop - Hip-Hop Connection / Go cop this s**t; it's the future of hip-hop - Lost At Sea / Few rappers think to use words like "polyocular"; fewer manage to make them funky. - Q / K-the-I??? has a bright future ahead. - XLR8R |
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| Well, we’ve heard the odd track with K-The-I???, and I for one have always wanted to hear more, so here we have a full length on Mush, produced by non other than Thavius Beck. The production is stark, electronic, and robotic, with roots firmly in the Detroit sound, Thavius Beck has always had a great production style, from his own solo projects through to his recent work with Saul Williams and Trent Reznor. With musical references from electronic producers such as Autechre and Shadowhuntaz, the musical palette is edgy, with a hint of the apocalypse. K-The-I??? has a conscious lyrical flow, which sits perfectly with the production, a futuristic sermon, a similar tone and delivery to MF Doom, but making a lot more sense. Featuring guest MC’s Nocando, Thavius Beck, Vyle, Subtitle, High Priest, Busdriver and Mestizo, flesh out this release to more than a producer’s beats for a lone MC. The interplay between the K-The-I??? and the guest MC’s is what makes this release really work. Even though the guest spots cover quite a broad range of lyrical style, from the indie sound of Subtle, the righteous delivery of High Priest, the crazed voice of Busdriver, to the social consciousness of Mestizo from the Galapagos4 family, K-The-I??? has a knack of adapting his style to interweave with both the vocalist and the producer. Well worth a listen, and an MC with much promise. - Cyclic Defrost |
