http://www.hiphopsite.com Fri, 04 Aug 2023 16:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 http://www.hiphopsite.com/1997/01/01/infamous-mc-attitudes-affirmative-action-bring-the-ruck-12inch/ http://www.hiphopsite.com/1997/01/01/infamous-mc-attitudes-affirmative-action-bring-the-ruck-12inch/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://0 [cont.]]]> Not that talent necessarily has to run in families but the more production I hear from Madlib’s younger brother, Oh No, the more I’m convinced the Jackson clan has some scary genetics running through it. The musical mind behind Kali Wild and Epitome slaps down a nice blend of tracks for the Infamous MC. “Attitudes” is light and playful – looping up a child’s mobile tune with some James Brown  “heys” thrown into the mix. I can’t even keep track of how many MCs hit the track – it feels like three or four and I confess, I haven’t studied the Kaliwild long enough to start parsing apart who’s who but it’s all good braggadocio that doesn’t get stuck in some bullsh*t gunclap chatter. “Affirmative Action” is another Oh No work, a strong example of a minimalist ethic that drops in backward warping strings, a simple breakbeat and the pinging dagger of a piano plink. Now that the Infamous MC gets to hold it down for self, he comes with an aggressive but not overblown flow that darts with a stinging pacing – slick. “Bring The Ruck”, done by DJ Double Duck, is probably the weakest link in the chain – the track is dull as a broken pencil and sudden the IMC starts to channel Talib Kweli’s rhyme scheme just minus the insightful polemics. He still comes with a cool flow and some biting lines but it’s nothing new. With a hotter track, it might have hit harder, but the best “Bring the Ruck” can do is land some glancing blows.

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