RedCloud, a hiphop artist
from Hawthorne, California, was also mentioned in the Tom Barnes Mic article. (Just two left
after this.)
It was different in this
case because it focused not on one of his recordings but on a freestyle.
Drawing attention to missing and murdered indigenous women by saying their names,
he broke the world record for longest freestyle rap. There is more about that
in this article on HipHopDX:
While RedCloud has a
good-sized catalog on his own, it appears that he is currently doing more as
part of LightingCloud. Maybe I can review them next year. Actually, the
RedCloud albums include a lot of interesting artists, including Pigeon John,
Def Shepard, and rocdomz.
RedCloud can do some
pretty interesting things with his voice. There is a lowness - almost robotic
sounding -- that might count as vocal fry. It is best demonstrated on "Is
This Thing On?", which also has an upbeat tempo and the most fun video.
The video for "Tapatio" helped me appreciate that song better.
There is a lot of humor
in the lyrics. It gets clever on "When Kenpo Strikes", but my
favorite track was probably "Koyote Gospel", and that is purely for
sentiment and emotion. That being said, Traveling Circus opens
pretty strong.
And, if that shows some
versatility, then that there is a new band, and new things going on, is a good
thing.
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