Lushlife – “The Kindness”
AUDIO By Landon A. on October 15, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Never judge a book by its cover has never been more relevant until now. Meet Philly MC/Producer Lushlife, an artist who may not look like a threat to your ear drums at first glance but beneath the kufi and white v-neck lies the heart of a rapper with a sound reminiscent of some of the Golden Era’s finest. Uniquely fresh indeed.
His respect for the architects is unparalleled as well, as he’s done tasteful covers of Jay-Z’s “Dead Presidents,” and Nas’ “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” as well as some early cuts from the Kool Herc era.
“The Kindness,” a track off his first U.S. release on Rapster Records entitled Cassette City, has Lush paying homage to my drink of choice with a screwed up chorus over beautifully executed sample work and drums that just seem to hold steady with any drunken gate. The kid from Illadelphia drops continous jewels, erasing any preconceived notions you may have had of him and welding the correlation between Hip-Hop and fashion.
If this is “hipster rap,” then score one hipsters.
Cassette City is in stores now and features Camp Lo and Elzhi as well as some indie rock players such as Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, Greg Saunier of Deerhoof and Ariel Pink.
Download — Lushlife – “The Kindness”
Posted in AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC, WE GOT NOW — Tags: Cassette City, Lushlife, Rapster Records
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18 Comments
hella dope
Yup^.
Good shit LA.
This guy sounds nothing like he looks, which is good. Great hook too.
Lol I just can’t wrap my head around that voice coming from that dude. No chance he is just doing the production on this track? Oh well I guess all ranges of voices come out a all types of people (I see you Mike Tyson). Don’t judge a book by its cover indeed. Very dope song.
@johnny blaze
The kid gets production credits too!
WOW O_O
For this post, I am grateful. I have “Cassette City” on my iPod, and I skipped over it often. I won’t now.
Wow this is Fire….this guy can spit
I went and bought the album on Itunes!!!!!!
First purchase in a LONG time.
dope song, I’ve had the album for a while but if you havent heard his first album, it’s as good as this one if not better!!
Lushlife – Orders of Operation .
one of his best tracks –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhjQmXBYJvY
Wow.
Nice find Landon.
That can’t be a picture of dude..No way.
Well this is dopeness — score another one for Landon A.
GTFOH
The “It’s Pat” looking dude I thought was a woman in that picture is NOT this dude. No way.
Anyone have a link for this?
I’m lovin it
Cassette City is, without a doubt, one of the freshest albums to come out this year. The whole album is so consistent, I can’t STAND it!
Lushlife-Cassette City
http://rapidshare.com/files/230800016/0509.L-CC-2009-B.rar.html
This dude can spit