#1436 Grillat and Grändy - Gendish & Gäris

Swedish hip hop shocked me awake with its inventive production and the cadences of its clipped little consonant-bombs. But this doesn't live up to that standard: it's much more derivative of American hip hop, full of languid, bass-heavy loops that loop and loop and loop like a Doom track's shadow. The rapping's tight, but when I can't understand the words the universal message of music's gotta have more to say to get my attention 2.5/5