Tag: rap

  • Garbageface – Penumbra//Antumbra 12” single

    Garbageface – Penumbra//Antumbra 12” single

    Garbageface Penumbra//Antumbra (12” Single) (Rap Will Eat Itself Records) If history has taught us anything about Karol “Garbageface” Orzechowsky, it has taught us that the artist takes a lot of joy in turning expectations that fans may have of him on their collective head – and the emcee’s newest 12” single, Penumbra//Antumbra, upholds that practice…

  • Prophets of Rage – Prophets of Rage

    Prophets of Rage – Prophets of Rage

    I’d like to start this review by saying that I won’t personally be sharing my specific political views or opinions. I’ll do my best not to make this overly political, but it’s impossible to divorce the music from the message with a band like Prophets of Rage. Anyone familiar with Rage Against the Machine or…

  • Garbageface X Yung Gutted – Apostasy (LP)

    Garbageface X Yung Gutted – Apostasy (LP)

    Anyone who is already familiar with Karol “Garbageface” Orzechowski’s output knows the emcee has a pretty dark and potentially violent disposition (2016’s NØ FUTUR(E) 7” illustrated that really well), but he’s really stepped up his game on Apostasy with the help of NYC producer Yung Gutted. This time the movement is exponentially slower; in print,…

  • Run-DMC – “Christmas In Hollis” (12” Picture Disc Single)

    Run-DMC – “Christmas In Hollis” (12” Picture Disc Single)

    I must confess that I have never been a fan of Christmas carols and Christmas songs. While I understand the idea of having a song in one’s heart around the holiday season, I’ve always thought that the idea of professional musicians recording albums of the same standards with their own small creative stamp on them…

  • RUN-DMC – Raising Hell LP

    RUN-DMC – Raising Hell LP

    Legacy Celebrates 30th anniversary reissue LP Without attempting to get too colorful or indulgent about it, Run-D.M.C.’s third album, Raising Hell, is one of the most important and influential albums to come out of the second half of the twentieth century. That fact is beyond dispute; it was Raising Hell which really got producer Rick…

  • Garbageface – No FUTUR(E)

    Garbageface – No FUTUR(E)

    For the release of his new album, Karol “Garbageface” Orzechowski has decided to challenge the usual methodology and manner in which music is released. His way flies in the face of how music has been marketed ever since Napster turned the music business back into a singles-driven enterprise again. While everyone else is digitally distributing…