Frank Waln is a Hip Hop artist from the Rosebud
Reservation in South Dakota.
Waln has a degree in Audio Arts and Acoustics, and I
suspect that greater understanding of sound has been helpful to him in creating
the powerful and memorable tracks. "AbOriginal", "Born on the
Rez", and "2 Live & Die on the Plains" work especially well,
making an impression while playing and then lingering in the memory.
I will say that on the Soundcloud page there is a
lot more experimentation with distortion and screeches, and I don't like that
as much. The officially released songs have been chosen and polished.
Often when I am reviewing Hip Hop I feel I need to
give a caveat that Hip Hop isn't my favorite, because other people will
probably like it more than I do. Then there are other groups that make me think
maybe I do like Hip Hop.
Frank Waln is one of the latter, and the youngest I
have come across in that group.
These are worth checking out. Music can be purchased
on Bandcamp, iTunes, and Amazon.
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