VOL nº RH31 — marzo 2020
Blazing Arrow
Blackalicious
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There’s an unflinching commitment to happiness that feels almost alien upon revisiting the work of Blackalicious. Alien in the sense of how rarely such a sunbeam bursts through whichever darkness engulfs the globe around an album; nevertheless, Gift of Gab and DJ Xcel persist to the ends of a compact disc. Blazing Arrow displays some of the most dazzling technicality ever put to record, be it Gab’s effortless pen maneuvers or Xcel’s freewheeling expertise on the boards. Make no mistake, the hallmarks of the early-aughts remain intact: dense rapping about rapping, traces of neo-soul, and a poetic flair many contemporaries would deem lost or antiquated. To the last point: request their silence, and run this shit back. It’s a magic carpet ride through a funhouse of Black music, p...
LP 1 / Side A
| 1 Introduction |
| 2 Blazing Arrow |
| 3 Sky Is Falling |
| 4 First In Flight |
| 5 Green Light |
| 6 4000 Miles |
LP 1 / Side B
| 1 Nowhere Fast |
| 2 Paragraph President |
| 3 It's Going Down |
| 4 Make You Feel That Way |
LP 2 / Side C
| 1 Brain Washers |
| 2 Chemical Calisthenics |
| 3 Aural Pleasure |
| 4 Passion |
LP 2 / Side D
| 1 Purest Love |
| 2 Release Part 1 |
| 3 Day One |
