

Hip hop in its purest form is music, it is an art, it is an expression of the soul. This music, is hip hop, but not the hip hop that reminds you of the 90s nor the hip hop that sounds better remixed by Skrillex - this is the kind of hip hop that sounds better live, with a sax, a piano, and a brush kit. This current may flow easier down the delta then it does while entrenched in the bricks of Brooklyn. or maybe hip hop is in purgatory?īut there in lies the nuance of art and contemporary pop culture, hip hop may appear to have been co-opted and cartooned by the culture industry - even by the independent hipster scene - but beneath the surface and out of the reach the average music fan is a current of creativity within the hip hop culture that harkens back to the soulful longings of Muddy, Buddy, and B.B. So which is it? Dead or alive? We have this debate at least once a month in the WUW? office and the only answer we can come up with is. While hip hop purists lament the death of hip hop, college students celebrate the emergence and creativity of the new school of hipster rap. No genre of music, and really no part of culture in general, has remained untouched by the influence of hip hop (unfortunately exemplified in the Brad Paisley & LL Cool J collabo). Hip hop music continues to occupy an ambiguous role in pop culture. The pairing of a southern rapper and an Eastern European producer may seem strange, but it is exactly for that reason that BEAST Reborn is able to create a new canvas to paint its own mural. Although (B)east, showcased LTP's verbal dexterity over throwback east coast production, the highlight of BEAST Reborn is the sometimes atmospheric and eclectic and sometimes progressive east coast production of Kazakhstan native, Ayan.


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Although, Leon the Professional fits well within the musical landscape painted by artists such as Dustin Cavazos, A.Dd+, and the Sore Losers, his style is in a gallery of its own.īEAST Reborn, is a reinterpretation of LTP's 2012 (B)east Mixtape, which the Dallas Observer named the top mixtape of that year. Joining the growing community of new school hip hop in Dallas, Texas, Leon the Professional is making his own mark with a unique style that combines progressive Eastern European production (handled by AYAN) with the east coast meets the south lyricism.
