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MH-207 Labtekwon - Song Of The Sovereign  Mush, in conjunction with Ankh Ba Records, has collected seventeen tracks from Labtekwon's extensive catalog for the career retrospective, Song Of The Sovereign. From his debut, Ghetto Gospel through The Future's Now... What's Next, Da Dawn, Da Helpless Won, Balti-Moorish Science, and Nile Child, to his lo-fi live recording Proverbs of Passion, and his most recent full-length, The Last Emcee/The Art of Love, Labtek's releases have been as innovative as they are impossible to find. Effortlessly shifting styles and content, running from hundreds-of-words-in-a-breath stream-of-consciousness channeling to take-no-prisoner battle raps, Song Of The Sovereign is the perfect introduction to one of the underground's most respected and influential emcees. |
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| An impressive album from an MC whose time has come - Vibe / Labtekwon is the revitalization of Brand Nubian, KRS-One, and A Tribe Called Quest all in one - Ghetto Blaster / The most unjustly slept-on rapper in underground hip-hop - CMJ / This is a great collection - Mixer / Raises the rhyme bar with brain-expanding efficiency - Pulse |
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| While some stuff on LA hip-hop label Mush (pronounced Muhhsh although my East Coast friends are starting the Mooosh movement) is a little avant and harder to grasp, Labtekwon offers that straight-up playful hip-hop flavor reminiscent of De La Soul (wordplay), Digable Planets (jazzy grooves) and Gangstarr (husky flow). Labtekwon isn't breaking any new ground with Song of the Sovereign, but his flow is familiar in a good way and his songs are straight-up fun and at times silly. "My Crew" is a good little introduction to the party vibe of Labtekwon's style, and on "CSD" you get a great taste of his word play and lyrical abilities. This is some pretty good shit, what else y'all got? - 'Sup |
2XLP/Out Of Print