#083 Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown

One more in the list of Easy Coast revival rap crews (and another that Edan namedrops).

For reference it went, chronologially: this album, then the Kool G Rap album (see #73), then Organized Konfusion's album (see #74). So I kind of listened to these in the wrong order. The seeds are being sown here though, there's dips into clusters of rhymes, into polysyllabic doubleups, into generally unpredictable structure changes. At times, it comes across a bit clunky, and it relies on old-school end-of-liners more often than I'd like; I don't think it works quite as well across the board as the other two. But there's great, unpredictable energy here, and the production is frantic, scratch-heavy and helps keep you on your toes. Another worthy entry into a well-hidden sub-pantheon of rap history 4/5