Reviewed by Steve Hayes
Two legends in hip-hop, Krum (formerly Playdough) and Theory Hazit team up to bring an album of extraordinary rhymes, rhythms, digging, wordplay, production and depth. This is an album that fuses samples ( Dem dry bones through to a number of preachers such as TD Jakes and more), humour and some deep God-thoughts (such as the outstanding head bobbing Live From The Alley Way ). At times this has a boom-bap, old skool, old soulful gospel sound to it ( Call The Kettle Black intro and Vaseline ) while still retaining a contemporary feel ( living in the moment, just forgot to get a picture of it from Man vs Machine ). The ability to stitch together Biblical truths inside artistic flows and accessible yet leftfield ciphers ( Dead Fish Only Float Downstream ) is what really sets this album apart - Wake The Dead is one example. Various reviews of this project describe it as surprising and may take some time to get used to and with standouts and. difficul