1/5/2024 0 Comments Dj hoppa interview![]() One More Saturday Night continues to build off of the powwow step that A Tribe Called Red revolutionized, where they mixed together traditional First Nations music with house and hip hop and EDM into a style of music that was entirely their own. Sometimes a name change can be used for a completely different type of project with a whole new style to it, but in the case of The Halluci Nation, this is more about a new chapter in the same book. Taking their name from the last A Tribe Called Red Album, they are now The Halluci Nation, who released their first album under this new name, One More Saturday Night. As they started to work on new projects, the two remaining members decided it was time for a rebranding to distinguish this new phase as a duo. After DJ NDN left the group in 2017 for health reasons, the other two members continued on under that name for the next couple of years. The Halluci Nation is the group consisting of Ottawa musicians 2oolman and Bear Witness, which you might recognize as two of the three members of A Tribe Called Red. The Halluci Nation – One More Saturday Night – Radicalized Records It’s musically expansive without sounding too busy or scattered, and it’s emotionally packed with smart and honest lyrics.ġ9. They have only improved upon Growing Up Gay, becoming more comfortable with their voice, both literally and metaphorically. Sophomore albums are a tough challenge, but it’s one that Conde was ready for. To add to all of this, there’s an extra level of confidence coming through with Conde’s voice, both as a rapper, but also as a vocalist, bringing to this album this new dimension where stretches of it are carried by Conde’s harmonized vocals. It’s a thoughtful album with plenty of self-exploration about identity, past trauma, and continuing a path forward where Conde is comfortable in their own skin, but it’s also an album with one eye turned out at society, calling everyone out on their shit, like the racism and homophobia that Conde has faced over the years, but also acknowledging the collective trauma that we’ve all been living through over the past year and half. This might sound just a little strange on paper, but in the context of the album, everything flows together, and Conde’s voice and lyrics always tie everything together. Over the course of the album, we’re getting a lot of different musical sides of Conde, from heavy metal to noise rap to post rock to folk rap, and everything in between. ![]() ![]() There are tracks on the album produced by Lazerbeak, K Death of Moodie Black, Thirty Sixxxth, Mid-Air!, Nick Sandy, and Whatever Cecil, but there are also a handful of tracks produced by Conde as well, which helps bring the album into focus and tie all of the sounds together. On top of that, we also get to see Conde grow as a musician. The good news here is that in a way, it just means that Conde has more to get out of their system musically, and it shows here on Engulfed in the Marvelous Decay. ![]() It’s a tall order, and in Conde’s case, it’s even more exaggerated, since things like addiction and then getting on the path to sobriety, as well as coming out and becoming comfortable with identity and self-presentation all made that journey longer and more intense. Sophomore albums are always a tricky endeavor, if only because you spend your whole life trying to make that first album, and so you put everything you’ve got into it, and then everyone expects you to turn right around and do it again, but make it better and different, but not too different. Conde came back in 2021 with a new full-length album, Engulfed in the Marvelous Decay. Chris Conde – Engulfed in the Marvelous Decay – Fake FourĬhris Conde is an artist from San Antonio who has been making music for years, but only released their debut album in 2019 when they dropped Growing Up Gay. The following list is just the tip of the iceberg, so please don’t just stop at these twenty albums. 2021 is going to be a tough year to decipher in a lot of different ways, but the world of independent hip hop did not stop turning out brilliant albums of all different styles from artists of all different walks of life. There were peaks and valleys and moments of sunshine and rainstorms, but throughout it all we had some brilliant hip hop to carry us to the other side. ![]() Here we are at the end of another weird year. A Statement Regarding the Twin Cities Hip Hop Scene.Kendra Morris - I Am What I'm Waiting For.Fat Tony & Taydex - I Will Make a Baby in This Damn Economy.Linqua Franqa & DJ Reindeer Games - Interview - 5-13-22.The TroubleShooters -Interview - 4-11-23. ![]()
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