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MH-243 Blue Sky Black Death - A Heap Of Broken Images  Blue Sky Black Death step on the scene with their double CD debut, A Heap Of Broken Images. Comprised of producers Kingston and Young God, this San Francisco tandem explores the nether regions of hip-hop, meshing dark samples, vocal snippets and live intrumentation into an album that holds its mood from start to finish. The first CD consists entirely of dense instrumental music, while the second is structured around guest MCs. Jus Allah, Wise Intelligent (Poor Righteous Teachers), Sabac Red (Non-Phixion), Guru (Gang Starr), Chief Kamachi, A-Plus and Pep Love (Hieroglyphics), Rob Sonic, Virtuoso, Mikah-9 (Freestyle Fellowship), Awol One, and Holocaust (Wu-Tang) all appear. This deep line up of collaborations spans the spectrum of hip-hop sound with stirring cohesion. |
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| Pure, unadulterated hip-hop fire - Vapors / Screams quality all throughout - Word / Stunning - Mean Street / Recommended! - Boomkat / The music is so intriguing it's impossible to stop listenining - All Music Guide / If you need something new and fresh in your life you may have just found it - UK Hip-Hop |
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| A duo comprising of Kingston and Young God, the producers at some point decided they had no interest in making a CD that had vocal hip-hop joints sandwiched inbetween their atmospheric instrumentals… and it was a solid move. What we have instead is one full length CD of killer instrumental joints and one full length CD of heavy vocal tracks, so basically you’re getting two full albums for the price of one, you can’t say fairer than that huh? The instrumentals disc surprised me, I’ve been a little underwhelmed by instrumental hip-hop albums recently, but BSBD go for the jugular with an unstoppable Bully-styled lo-fi sci-fi sound. Of course there’s the skeleton of DJ Shadow in the closet, but that’s no bad thing – these guys know what they’re doing and the record never feels like it's treading water. Flip to the vocals disc and you’re in for another pleasant surprise, with emcee contributions from Guru(!), Non Phixion’s Sabac Red, Mikah-9, Rob Sonic and many more - but really, it's all in the beats, and that skilful touch that makes the instrumental disc so addictive is carried over into their vocal productions. The first chapter in the story of Blue Sky Black Death, an act that should attract some major attention in the coming months, A Heap of Broken Images is a shining beacon in a sea of half-arsed records – recommended! - Boomkat |
2XLP/Out Of Print