{"id":469,"date":"2007-03-07T15:30:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=469"},"modified":"2007-03-07T15:30:05","modified_gmt":"2007-03-07T14:30:05","slug":"brother-ali-the-undisputed-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"brother ali &#8211; the undisputed truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so there i was dropping a new cd in the machine  yesterday playing the album 3 times solid, only to shout out <EM>why cant all  new hip hop be as good as this ! <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">believing to be the only person getting this  particular funk, today i open the new issue of <EM>hip hop connection<\/EM> only  to see a full page review and a well deserved 4\/5 grade.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>brother ali<\/STRONG> has been working the  scene for a while, with the promise of being regarded as one of the greatest of  all time being dropped into the press release. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of course stepping up to the task and dropping  names such as <STRONG>rakim <\/STRONG>into the plan, as well as scattering the  sonic back ground with <STRONG>run dmc <\/STRONG>and <STRONG>public enemy  <\/STRONG>&nbsp;scratches,&nbsp;is going to raise heckles of many, but on the  strength of this excellent album i aint going to put it against the  man.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">rather than taking the scattershot star producer  guest spot route of most hip hop albums, the set has been produced by long time  producer&nbsp;<EM>ant, <\/EM>thus giving a consistency often missing. the fact  that <EM>ant <\/EM>has a love for funky old school loops, simple stripped back  instrumentation makes this all the more loveable. from the opening hard rock-rap  styles of <EM>watcha got <\/EM>(<EM>rick rubin<\/EM> would be proud of this hard  hittin&#8217; monster)<EM><STRONG>,<\/STRONG> <\/EM>to the soulful whistle melody on the  heart string pulling <EM>walkin&#8217; away <\/EM>the music matches the moods  brilliantly.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">add to this the multi-layered thug free lyrical  content that <STRONG>brother ali<\/STRONG> has put his heart and soul  into,&nbsp;tackling usa government heaviness, (<EM>united snakes <\/EM>could  indeed become my de facto phrase for 2007), long term relationship breakdown,  parental guilt&nbsp;and everything in between, with a flow thats both  listenable, and in places very melodic.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for once, a single artist hip hop album that  actually welcomes a one sit through listen, in fact if you have the time, make  it 3 in a row and you&#8217;ll be nodding your head in sheer pleasure.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/brotherali\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>record label<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.rhymesayers.com\">rhymesayers<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>so there i was dropping a new cd in the machine yesterday playing the album 3 times solid, only to shout out why cant all new hip hop be as good as this ! believing to be the only person getting this particular funk, today i open the new issue of hip hop connection only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}