| tracklisting |
| 1. Yarn |
| 2. Dead Babies |
| 3. Bittersweet |
| 4. An Elegy |
| 5. The Eisenhower Doctrine |
| 6. Self-Esteem |
| 7. Standish |
| 8. Hark The Herald Gluttons Sing |
| 9. Fetal Position |
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| What however should not be taken
as a harsh statement, but it's a rather obvious
fact that the video game generation is struggling
to stay focused. So the mind will drift off, and
it's only due to some of the strengths the Scribe
doubtlessly has, that we often enough drift along
with his train of thought. Especially on the offerings
where everything works perfect together, like on
the DJ RPM produced "Bittersweet".
And once again it's a case of a dope beat making
the vocalist sound even better than he does anyways.
And RPM does something that immediately gets him
on our virtual 'dope producers to watch out for'
list (not that there is actually a list like that).
Now this is an incredible beat, that Scribe is very
much able to make his own, with it not mattering
anymore if the beat was actually done for him or
just jacked. So lyrically we are getting the obvious
reflective words, but with Scribe slowing down his
off center approach, putting the words clearer in
our ears, he makes the message clearer and makes
it just more motivating to listen to the worthwhile
meaning. |
| There's more truths being explored
on "An Elegy For Gregory",
while on here the words are not about himself. But
about Scribes Uncle, with the Scribe reciting a
short poem on this passed on relative. On the very
short "Self Esteem"
we then hear Scribe say "I want to write the
great american novel / but I always get distracted
by all these tits and asses" that will be something
every (aspiring) writer is able to relate to. On
"Standish"
Scribe somewhat ridicules the hip hop tradition
of bigging up one's hometown, when he biggs up Standish
over the Boogie Down Production "South Bronx"
beat. And judging how he describes the place, it
must be a town that the majority of the citizens
of the US only experience in lily white movies of
the sixties. Which always promise and propagate
a reality that's as much phony as it's still desirable,
what then is also contrasting the more and more
backed up by facts Bush agenda criticism that Scribe
utters on the multi part "The
Eisenhower Doctrine". And maybe
this conflict is the soil a "Hark
The Herald Gluttons Sing" is feeding
from, as here Christmas carols lead up to a nightmarish
conclusion to the track, that then appears to be
"Fetal Position".
This is slicing through you with agonizing guitars
and groaned lyrics. |
| In a way every artist, if not to
say every person has a record like this in him.
Everyone would find nine issues to talk about, with
the subject matter being varied in anxiety, seriousness
and relevance. But only a few actually have the
courage or the skills to make the effort and put
this record out. Scribe is giving us with "Extended
Play" a glimpse into the twists and turns that
drive him. We obviously could easily do without
having heard his music and what he has to say. But
that remark is ridiculous anyways, because we could
do without much of what we do and don't want to
do with. Hence one very small reason why to listen
to this, could be that often enough we don't care
about other people and what they think. That lack
of interest must result in a lack of respect, that
then is only worsened by us not having the time
to reflect on that. So when we do take the time
to listen to one human being out there, it should
get us out of the cage that we are stuck in, opening
us up for new ideas, and to get really hippie, a
new strength of tolerance. Obviously Scribe will
laugh about this, and the record is too humble for
that. But its impact will also very much depend
on the mind state the person is in that listens
to it. Hence this very much deserves and needs an
open door. |
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