Thursday, August 15, 2013

BINO x Voduz - What I've Become

While it's pretty clear to most people who have an ear to the world of shaolin lyricists that everything and everyone associated with The Charity is in a dominating position to overtake the scene; it's slightly less clear which one of them is particularly leading the pack.

Cause, in all honesty, with this scene being so young (and most of our artists so young as well) who can you really rank that far over anyone else? On the one hand, when closely examined, most fans can tell that they all draw from each other and come from a common approach, as they seem to have similar structures and themes on most of their tracks; it all seems very "north shore" with a sense of street wisdom and real-world problems overtaking extravagant vocabulary or vocal prowess. Yet on the complete flip-side, one begins to realize that they all rap with staunchly different attitudes towards life, and it's these subtle style variations in who they are as lyricists surrounded by the overarching style of Charity Music that makes them such an exciting group.

When it comes to BINO in particular; I've recently found myself drawing comparisons to 90's rappers like Raekwon or Scarface; you can almost actually feel the fucking weight of this environment of ours hanging over his words. It's not just about his rhymes or his flow, but more-so the attitude in which he presents himself, dropping small bombs of wisdom casually as if perhaps he doesn't feel like anyone will fully understand him anyway... but, of course, I could be totally wrong lol

But with all of this topped off by a sweetly padded Voduz track (a page he has clearly taken out of Zaytoven's book) delivered with a quiet precision that accentuates BINO's message; the overall product is a sweet, if not slightly straight-forward track that plays well to his style and was a pretty damn nice addition to dat ol' weekly playlist :P

BINO - What I've Become (Prod. By Voduz) by BINOTheCheif

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