Epic
31.08.09
Here we are a new week and as of tomorrow a new month ushers in the official beginnings of spring - great news for the sun worshippers out there, not so good for those of you up in the northern hemisphere perhaps.
Whilst we clear the weekend cobwebs from our eyes and start peddling the MP3 generator here's our pick of this weeks releases for your perusal:
Release Of The Week
David Dallas - Something Awesome
Something Awesome is NZ rapper David Dallas' debut solo album, released on Dirty Records. From his prodigious first appearance on the anthemic Not Many Remix to penning the award winning
Frontline album Borrowed Time, its apparent David has a knack for making this rapping stuff look easy.
Effortless even - because David Dallas is a natural and Something Awesome sees the return of NZ's smoothest rapper, with a soundtrack for anyone who has aspired to be something more. Put simply: If "awesome" was a sound, and you looped it up, then put bangin' drums behind it - the result would be this.
In a time when popular hip hop records sound less and less like the songs that attracted David to the genre, Something Awesome is unashamedly vintage in its approach - overflowing with soulful samples, raw drums, organic instrumentation, cuts and hooks that don't sound like they were sung by robots. These are 12 sincere
songs from an artist whose life experiences probably mirror your own.
From not knowing what we want to do with our lives, to feeling invincible. From trying to look cool in the face of a break up, to the first time smoking weed.
With producers Forty One and Fire and Ice providing the backdrop, guests PNC, Devolo, Aaradhna, Young Sid and newcomers Jordache and Niko round out the experience that is Something Awesome. Armed with an outstanding new album and an international career about to take flight, David Dallas' desire to be Something Awesome will soon come to fruition.
For those wishing to test the waters prior to purcahse you can download for free Slow Down from the album until this Thursday.
Check it out
Ed
