Mixtape: Black Resume off to strong start on ‘Barbarian Music’
DOWNLOAD: Black Resume – Bar-barian Music [updated: 8/12/2010]
Black Resume “Animals“
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Black Resume “It’s A Shame“
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Black Resume is a group of four emcees that very recently formed like Voltron and put out this mixtape-album. Although the group is newly formed, each of the members have been developing for years on their own and it shows. Bar-barian Music is a solid mixtape-album. The lead single, “Animals,” reminds me of GZA’s “Animal Planet,” which goes to show the group’s dedication to classical lyricism. Bar-barian Music is filled with funny, clever snaps, mostly against wack emcees, fake emcees, and haters. Guillotine stands out, consistently dropping winners like “on the real, y’all niggaz fucking up/ talking about you busting flows, man you couldn’t bust a nut.” Guillotine also handles the bulk of production duties, which leans towards a Dr. Dre-style. The beats are hit-n-miss but the rhymes carry the mixtape through. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think.
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