Today's Quick Mention: Well, hip hop is finally going to have a presence
here at Side One: Track One, and help making it happen will be the host of KOOP's
Hip Hop Hooray, Leah Manners. Next Wednesday (and every other
one after that) she'll be slinging recommendations all over the place, so
get ready.
Oddly enough, I actually have some hip hop today! Partly in Leah's honor,
but mostly because it's from one of my favorite artists, POS. Apparently,
he's readied a new full length titled Never Better, which is due out
on Rhymesayers next month. His first two LPs have been brilliant, so I'd
certainly say that this is my most anticipated release right now. Enjoy.
:POS
- Goodbye:
Part of what
makes both of his previous efforts,
Ipecac Neat and Audition, so great is how
they're such all-out sonic assaults.
This song, and its mostly streamlined sound, doesn't really
do that all, which is not only surprising, but
semi-alarming. Still, with that booming voice and that
trademark heart-on-sleeve approach to songwriting, I'm open to
a change of what goes on in the background. Who knows?
Maybe it'll even be better. Right now it's so far so
good.
POS - Half Cocked Concepts (Official Video)
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