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All Genres > Hip Hop/Rap > Hip Hop > SINTAX.THE.TERRIFIC: Simple Moves

A lot of emcees are nice. Only one is terrific.

Much could be said about him. Since the first time he tore into the mesh grill of a classic Shure Beta SM-58, male patterned-baldness has declined, children have been fed, the wall in Berlin fell, Suge Knight was released from jail, and pandas have seen their greatest proliferation in more than half a century. But he doesn’t like to brag. So let’s just say he’s a great guy and an insatiable word junky.

His work has been described as a fine cream cheese and sausage dip chased with a frosty IBC root beer. It isn’t innovative, experimental, or cutting edge. It’s just rap you like to listen to and emotions you can trust. It isn’t tangled up in mystery or obtuse imagery. It doesn’t bling or krunk. It’s plain and poetic. He’s tried his darndest to throw back to the glory days of our Rakim-Third Bass-Public Enemy-Tribe Called Quest innocence, but it’s been as illusive for him as it has been for every other emcee on your block and his. So he’s been himself.

He has a passion for words, cadence, and syllable structure. He has a passion for fresh sneakers. He has a passion for his wife and family. He has a passion for the human soul. He has a passion for God. You are as likely to hear him on the corner arguing the hermeneutics of James or the apologetics of Kierkegaard, as you are the syllabic nuances of a KMD classic or a Pharoahe Monch manifesto. In the words of the lonely superstar Playdough, "When you hear his music you know how much he loves God."

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.myspace.com/illectrecordings

Track List:
1. Isaac
2. Blowing Smoke
3. Shirt Sleeve
4. The Way We Walk feat. Mouf Warren
5. Note to the Discjock
6. Understudy
7. Firefly Syndrome
8. Meeting and Broad (Palmetto Musings)
9. Got Beef
10. Starving Artists feat. JustMe
11. Turnabout
12. We Used to Live In An Apartment Together feat. manchild of Mars
13. Dramamine
14. Along the Bus Line: Tired Tred feat. Sev Statik
15. Sensational
16. Ad Infinitum feat. Freddie Bruno
17. Tight
18. Angle of Repose feat. B-raw
19. Game on Lock
20. Mantra To Breathe To
21. When I Don't Show
22. Money Back Guarantee

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