“JOURNEY TO INDEPENDENCE”
2004
was a classic year for hip hop when “The real O’Cyrus” dropped the streets was
hungry and this E.P was a full course meal. I remember classics like ‘Her name
is hip-hop’, ‘Dead poets’ and my personal favourite, “the super man carnivore
punchlines with metaphors...”.
That
was then and now it’s 2012 and hip-hop has evolved so much since those days of
hardcore raw boom bap sounds. I was looking forward to the follow up album from
Cyrus especially since so many years have lapsed in between the releases. In
2010 he released the long awaited full length album “Journey to independence”
which he re-mastered and was again re-released in 2011 under the X-Generation
music.
When
I picked it up the first thing that impressed I was the efforts put in for the
packaging of the album, it’s clear what the intentions of the artist are and it
compliments the brand. The title I am not sure about, I think it’s too long and
he could have made it catchier especially in the current times where an album
is judged by the impression it gives. Secondary to that is the expression, the
sound quality is a step up from his previous works but there is still room for
improvement in that department. The content is still socially responsible, not
as raw as “the real O’Cyrus” though; in fact on this album Cyrus is very
diverse with sound. The album has a lot of mainstream appeal and does not shy
away from commercial sounds with tracks like “Till the sunrise” and “Give it to
you”. The hardcore side still lingers strongly feeding the streets what they
need in hip-hop terms. Pretty much this is a well thought; well rounded up
album in terms of productions but the engineering though, the X-Generation
musik needs to put in work for an mc that is on Cyrus’s calibre.
I
give this album: 4mics – for lyrical content
2mics – for
sound quality
3mics – for
production
3mics – for
packaging
Making
this album: 12mics out of 20mics
Making
it a fairly dope album to have on your music collection.
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