Who Serves?: Big K.R.I.T.: King Remembered in Time
April 10, 2013
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we doing this phenomenal ass music like we always do. ‘Cause you know Shit just be jammin’. We always jammin'”-DJ Wally Sparks
What makes a King Remembered in Time? Is it his court? Is it his Kingdom? Or is it his Reign? For Big K.R.I.T. it’s all three, delivering an audio royal production grande as the wedding of Prince Akeem. K.R.I.T. continues his Seasoned Southern Reign with rhymes knighted from the UnderGround Kings, Outkast, and countless Soul Singing Kings.
King Solomon asked for wisdom over riches. K.R.I.T. follows suit producing, again, 16 of 17 tracks. King Remembered In Time opens, electrically, like only royalty would. Solomon made logical verdicts from observing his Kingdom. K.R.I.T.’s portraits painted on wax speak of his concerns for the community. “Banana Clip Theory”, “Life is a Gamble” and “WTF” reach out to roads paved to hustle, shoot and seduce. “Serve This Royalty”, “Good 2gether” & “Bigger Picture” modernly serenades Queens in the similar poetic rhythm of Song of Solomon. King David sought to grow bigger than his shortcomings. “Purpose”, “Meditate”, “Shine On”, “REM” & “King Without a Crown” searches his own soul soundly.
In the New South, a King’s Kingdom usually is in a V.I.P. section. From international businessmen to ball players, ratchet reigns royally at your local after hours scene. And K.R.I.T. is forever underground royalty, Representing with the ultimate features for a mixtape. To record with current chart princes Wiz Khalifia, Trinidad James & Future means one word: Respect.
When taking over kingdoms Kings begin rarely prepared. The peculiar nature of the industry leaves projects shelved, questioned or unable to be marketed. King Remembered in Time is the preparation, to rule. Whether with production or rhymes, Big K.R.I.T. is the type of ruler that gets his robe worked with thorough dominance. And the beat goes on.
Salute.
$Pushas That Work$:Wale: “Bad” ft Tiara Thomas
February 7, 2013
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Play big, trust me I’ll humble your mean ass-Wale
Fashion Ave. is Watching:Dawn Richard:Eye of A Tiger
April 5, 2011
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And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense? – The Narrator–A Tell Tale Heart
They broke up? He kept her. Betrayed the others may have questioned why. Diddy explained. I already knew why. It was the eye. An Eye of A Tiger.
Dawn Richard’s A Tell Tale Heart is more than a mixtape. It’s Dawn’s musical narration of a momentary, nameless, solo artist in tune with all pop music’s genres. As with the nameless narrator, in Edgar Allen Poe’s A Tell Tale Heart, Dawn has a secret that drives her. The watchful eye of the industry and fans may question her sanity to work with a mogul known to give talent just the blueprint for bigger and better. For Dawn, A Tell Tale Heart is the music secret that she cannot contain. Each track flirts with the simplicity of pop music while stamping her genius niche of making more than fluff records. She creates layers.
“The Intro” (The Fall) & “I Know” is Dawn, musically, in the present. The Euro-techno, laced beats and autotune layered backgrounds stay in the same neighborhood as her Dirty Money collaboration, Last Train to Paris. “Runaway”, “Vibrate”, “Biggest Fan”, and “Superman” are catchy tunes reminisce of her girl band days with group Danity Kane. They’re also a testament to Diddy’s decision to keep the songstress for the Dirty Money venture. The proof is in the production. Right?
“SuperHero” (Acapella) leaves us wondering if the song is about rescuing a person or her obvious love, Music. Initially a cappella, until the last five seconds, Dawn takes vocal leaps and bounds to save the day. The last moments weave in a track that teases fans with the possibilities of how much more the concept could be. Even with autotune her tone is undeniable. “Bulletproof”,” Let Love In”,” These Tears and “Me,Myself and Y” are the Tell Tale’s gems with their flawless production and performance. The eclectic mixtape gives limitless range. This well-rounded artist reaches for a musical throne as, maybe, her temporary home. Her blog and website lets us know that sanity may be for those with no story to tell. Poe’s Tell Tale has the narrator’s story tell of loving an elder but hating his Glaring Eye. Dawn’s A Tell Tale Heart keeps one in tune with her heart’s desire: To love the music and throw a finger to the Industry Eye. In the words of Dawn, “Let Love In”.
Echo Virgil 