Wednesday, November 21, 2007

The French Connection

from July 11, 2007

Underground French magazine reviews Kegstand Poetry with fascinating results.

From Hey You! Zine issue 12, by a writer named 'Rod.':

STORM DAVIS "Kegstand poetry for the recovering alcoholic" – Poorly Drawn people (CD) USA :

A few actual hip hop productions bring my attention but this one deserves a listening (or more). This young molodoï guy is down on the dumps drinking Jack Daniels and writing on white papers for fifteen years. He woke up and put out this record in 2006. 20 really good tracks, with a lot of influences and samples (ATCQ, O.C., movie quotes, blues music, rock, pop, and so on) for a 73 minutes full album. A wealthy and diverse record with a nice & smooth flow comparing to other white rap acts for example. The sung parts are maybe too numerous but the melodies are unstoppable. A lot of names come in mind listening to it : ATMOSPHERE, MURS, EVERLAST, LOOPTROOP, LAST EMPEROR. I advice this label and this record to all the heads who like the 2000's hip hop and even the 90's stuff. Really good surprise. (www.stormdavis.com)

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