Blue Scholars - The Long March EP

The EP begins... horns... kick... snare... k'kick, kick snare. Look at these studs:
Cornerstone, rock rock on. Two people, just two people make this sound. One MC, one DJ. SAT Acid flashback - Geologic : Sabzi as MC is to DJ. Smooth seattle sound with creation that even gods hand would be proud of. "Going on marching left.. right.. left.. right.. left.. it goes..." I found it: to every fan of music there are a certain few groups or artists that share your true calling. Artists like j-live (7 heads), little brother, foreign exchange, and blue scholars are some of mine and they all reach me on a level that only good music could. A sense until exposed to certain forms of music remains unstimulated. It's music... no, fuck that it's art like this that makes me proud to be involved in something so pure, so fucking undeniably out of control i could scream so loud only dogs could hear me. With my colorful opinion and orgasmic mess now splattered all over your screen, I take you to the future sound of hip hop... can you hear it?

Sabzi can. that crazy persian fucker - until i read his bio on the blue scholars home page i thought he was white - can do some crazy smooth shit. Think 9th wonder in 2002... No, think primo's bakery... no, wait.. think... think outside the fucking box. Think something so abstract, so original that it's structured. In fact, you can't even hear these beats, they are the antimatter sucking in galaxies and solar systems that nobody knew existed to bring you the sound you feel, and goosebumps they do bring you. And the keys? who the fuck is on the keys? i thought this shit was made in a bedroom? show me a producer making tracks in a multi million dollar studio, and i'll show you a producer who can make heads nod on a budget. fuck the budget, it's about time, and time does tell the amount of effort and passion put into the production. I don't really know the definition of emo, but i could cry at the kick of a drum, a glimpse of the past a lone snare bringing me back.

I heard it. Geologic... Wasn't he a battle MC? so wait... this is the same guy? yep. hmm well, traditionally haven't battle MC's suffered in the past on recordings? yep. well, what the fuck? i don't know. i don't know why Geologic is so much better of a studio (and show - i bet) MC than others before him. that's what is beautiful about Blue Scholars approach to hiphop. it's planned, it's strategic... it's classic and new at the same time, it's experience, it's styles clashing seemlessly, it's true. And true this MC stays to his passion. "I wont rest until my story gets told..." After the previous re-released self titled CD that my lady picked up also released this year... this fool has more to say? well i'm grabbing a chair, headphones, and pointing my walkman to the moon in hopes of reaching that message.

The message. Positivity. A good name for hiphop... who knew there was such a thing? an art form that has such a terrible public image is blessed to have music like the long march ep and the self titled cd dropping in the same year, hell in the same decade. i'm religiously against picking up EP's, but get this one. you see it, you buy it. i'll even give you the link if you can't make it to amoeba: the long march ep. I'm buying their vinlys when i can find that shit (hint hint if you're reading).

Lyrics. Beats. Two people. Art.

Be proud hiphoppers, its music like this that gives us life.