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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 / Twists the accepted notion of hip-hop into new shapes - Knowledge |
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| For better or worse, Stephen Wilkinson's Bibio alias has never been much for surprises. Now three albums in, the UK producer has essentially stuck to the same basic formula of folky guitar lines, looped electronics and found-sound nature recordings. And while this can lull you into quite the campfire head phase, it's a blueprint that's become a bit predictable on Bibio's latest full-length, Vignetting the Compost. Like albums one and two, three still loads on the hazy, sepia-toned atmospheres and, like Bibio champions Boards of Canada, gives a serious nod to pastoral Brit folk of old. But still, Wilkinson hardly brings much new to the Bibio table, more often than not relying on the same loop-dependent production and that old-timey AM radio effect that's become both his and Boards' calling card. Now, this isn't to say Vignetting the Compost doesn't offer some beautiful bits of music, because it does. It's just a downer the album offers more of the same. - Exclaim! |
