BROTHER ALI: Us – 2009 – Album review

BROTHER ALI: Us – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: The Preacher – Fresh Air – Breakin Dawn – ‘Round Here – Bad MuFucker Pt II – You Say (Puppy Love)
SOUNDBITE: “At-risk youth from a single-parent family/ Nuts got hairy and my voice got raspy”
RATING: 5/5
With the follow up to 2007’s Undisputed Truth, Ali is back delivering Rhymesayers’ most convincing drop in ages and, it has to be said, one of hip-hop’s. Jay Z recently pointed out that hip-hop is going through a period like rock went through in the mid-eighties when the hair ‘metal’ bands ran wild and real rock was flatlining, the implication being that a breath of fresh air is due. Then there’s Ali himself who, a while back, pointed out that there’s currently little originality in music and everyone is desperate for something different and good. Similar arguments then, a key difference being that Jay Z’s just released the hip-hop equivalent of a Whitesnake album while in the same analogy Ali might be seen as having more of a Pixies type role.

Featuring slightly fewer guest appearances than Jay-Z’s saggy offering, this LP nevertheless opens with one…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM