Showing posts with label KNife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KNife. Show all posts

4.7.14

KNife - "Iconoclast" - The Whole Album



Happy Jesus Founding America Day. The Georgia-based rap phenom KNife has released a new album today, and taken the rather unusual but highly appreciated step of putting the whole thing up on YouTube.

In related news, holy fuck this dude is a good rapper. Production here manages to meander all over the map yet still feel like a cohesive album, probably thanks to a short, All Killer No Filler runtime. This is flames: experimental but never irrelevant, serious but never boring, and risk-taking without face-planting. "Iconoclast" is an achievement.

...which can be downloaded here. Do that there.

14.6.14

"DieNasty" - KNife



Well, fuck yeah. Great and rare is the weekend morning where my inbox leaves me impressed rather than depressed. This cat can definitely f'ing Rap Good, and the beat is a woozy stomp straight out a Low End Theory night. This video is definitely weird, simple and powerful. We will definitely be checking for this KNife character in the future.

This is an encouraging artifact; further proof of concept that quality material does indeed sell itself when properly packaged. This was an easy video to make, largely the fruit of hard work and human capital vs. big budgets and obligatory Professional™ sheen.

Just focus on The Work, daug.