Five Deez
There is an infinitesimal line separating good experimental hip-hop from awful, unlistenable waste. Seriously, I hate to even use the word experimental for fear of automatically inducing comparisons to artists on Anticon, Def Jux and the like -- who have released some essential recordings over the years -- and qualifying a record before you've heard a single note. So let's just call Five Deez progresssive, okay? We liberals seem to enjoy the label, so I'm sure the out-there Cincinatti foursome won't mind. But really, how can you talk about their new record Kommunicator without making references to some type of outer fringe. The important thing to note is that Fat Jon and the boys have figured out a way to stretch their musical elasticity to new distances. They expand but never break, pushing the production to seriously impressive limits all while making accessible hip-hop. No seriously. Today's post "Fugg That" is the perfect example of smart, courageous hip-hop production, moving perilously close to genre overkill yet stopping just short of the excess to qualify it as near-genius. I know I may be a little over the top, but it's just not that often that a track recalls vintage IDM and drum n' bass AND a dirty south/crunk cadence all in a single track. Somewhere out there I'm sure Cee-Lo is ready to channel Sun Ra, but until that happens you can't get more intergalactically funky than the new record from Five Deez. The mothership has revisited... Resources
Five Deez :: "Fugg That "
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