‘Electric Laser’ kicks off
with strong horns and with nice snaps and bass. They flow straight
out the 90’s. This is both nostalgic and head bobbing but
you do feel that the music itself is a little overbearing over
their lyrics, not allowing the rappers to stand out by themselves.
But the hook “Just in Chance” repeated like an anthem
still echoes round in your brain three songs later.
As the album progresses, musically it goes
slightly experimental with the rhyming style firmly entrenched
in a Jurassic 5 groove, resulting in still a very fresh, very
original sounding track. With electric synths and guitars strumming
in as well by the fourth track, you wonder how much more the artist
has to show? By this point, his production has moved on yet remained
versatile, whilst his rapping has been on the same par it started
out with. By the time the fifth track comes in, a nice Jazzy Jeff
like beat comes in with gentle snares and piano combining with
a smooth flow, with Giant Panda sounding very much like J-Live,
with great alliteration and staying on a nice storytelling vibe.
The rappers from Japan cannot resist banking
in their ethnicity, having skits from reporter Hiro, as from “Heroes”,
and occasionally dropping words and phrases in their native tongue.
Later on in the beats hit a lot harder, virtually neck snapping
and with a much more aggressive sound being a stark contrast to
what has been heard already. But they soon return true to form,
with a track where the rhyme is virtually entirely in Japanese
and it still sounds pretty darn good. In fact the only failing
in the track is where the MC turns to rhyme in English and is
far from as polished as his two counterparts.
The artists are able to convey their thoughts
and messages on certain evils currently plaguing rap music- like
poor creativity, and are still able to remain positive, discussing
other hardships of life and they even have time to have a gay
anthem part the way through the LP, certainly a brave move.
Overall, the album is a throwback to the
sound and principles of Raps Golden Era, and for that I can only
commend them, and if anyone is tired of hearing the “Same
Old Shit” and wants to hear something fresh, I heartily
recommend this new music made by keeping the old sound. (Hip-Hop
Singh)
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