June 28, 2004 | Posted by j.p. at 2:28 PM

rice and...

beans.

Beans - Mutescreamer (El-P remix)

Beans (representing a third of the well-established experimental hip-hop champions Antipop Consortium) amazes me. this track comes from his EP release Now, Soon, Someday [buy it or buy MP3's from Bleep], which preceeded his first solo LP release Tomarrow Right Now.

this track showcases Beans' ability to bring old school styles and lyrical genius (which draw heavily on his poetry background) together with production that's airtight. the sound on the entire EP is pure Warp records, complete with a Prefuse 73 remix of Mutescreamer in addition to the Def Jux cameo by El-P. the overall result for all the tracks on the EP is a pleasing, growling electronic collection of tracks with vocals that are abstract along the lines of Themselves or Dr. Octagon but bring the nimble, progressive emcee presence of Latyrx or Del.

try it. you'll like it. it'll even make you fart.

also, I should mention that I learned about Beans from the Heavy.com music sampler series Sumosonic. there's absoltely no reason anyone shouldn't be signed up - $3.33 gets you at least one CD every month, a neat little insert card and beautifully designed packaging. so sign up already.

Comments

Beans is a master!

Posted by: Helper Monkey at June 28, 2004 5:38 PM

Dope beat, weak lyric, weaker vocal.

Like too much "abstract" underground shit...

=darwin

Posted by: Darwin at June 29, 2004 2:31 AM


why are you posting this when the song can be streamed off Warp's site (the label)? The MP3 can also be bought there (not that that matters now..)

PS The Prefuse remix is better

Posted by: ethical quandary? at June 29, 2004 10:36 AM

didn't see the stream - this was the track on the Heavy CD (I wasn't near my turntables to rip the Prefuse version). I noted the availability of MP3's on bleep.

Darwin - don't hate on the abstract. underground/indie hip-hop can't all be old school throwbacks. you gotta let people experiment, since they definately can't on the major labels. sometimes sound is an art form, rather than a lecture.

Posted by: jp at June 29, 2004 1:04 PM

I rarely by any hip hop/rap stuff, but that's an awesome track and I was pleased to find the CD in my local store. Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: Phil Gyford at July 23, 2004 5:31 AM
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