rawkus and lex records : they saved my life

the last few weeks have been all about the rock. i plumped up some hard earned for a led zepplin album deciding it was time to check out what all the fuss is/was about. for a few days i enjoyed the freefall type rock-n-roll. i even jumped onto the new updated version known as audioslave. but within a few days the rot set in. sheer and utter mutherfuggin boredom.

i go through these type of phases.

a look at the backlog did little to appease the situtation.

but slowly things are looking better. weirdly it's my pile of old rawkus albums that seems to be doing the biz. company flow, black star, the high and mighty and the wonderfully filthy smut peddlers have all been spun and enjoyed, the dirty production, the lack of sonic clarity and the mainly non-thug approach really hits the homefront. in a strange twist of fate, as my rediscovery reaches a zenith, i do some digging only to find out that the much maligned label is due for a relaunch.

lets hope they have got their sights on something worthy and not just digging for the dollar.

so in that respect here's a great article about the label : here, and here's the official site.

other things of boredom relief :

- new kingdom. their brand of sludge filled rock-n-rap just works perfectly when the weather turns grey, word reached me a while ago that they guys (with scott harding) were sorting out new stuff, but as ever the trail has gone cold for a while. i guess we wait. watch this space for more detail.

- dangerdoom - cartoons and rap muisc. where is the pain. this collab between danger mouse and mf doom is gonna pay off all mortgage payments for one of hip hops most interesting characters. oh, and i reckon the album is great.

- non-prophets - sage francis and joe beats released this album a while ago on lex, and today it sounds far better than i ever remembered.

yes, ladeeez and gentlemen, the rock is out and the underground leftfield beat is back in, and i feel fine.

next week, i will post a prince po mashup track that was only available on a hip hop connection freebie if anyone is interested.

so until then, ta ra

mark e

ireallylovemusic