The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza - "Danza IIII: The Alpha, The Omega" 2012
This metal album goes pretty hard, but falls short of being anything amazing for me. I still enjoy this album more than most new metal albums I hear though. It's just one of those things where you can hear the potential for something to be an absolute classic, and it's just really good instead. There's plenty of good songs to choose from, and I like their blend of hard and melodic with the occasional digital edit (that I know metal purists surely hate, but I like that sort of production flair when it sounds appropriate and not forced). Apparently, this is this band's final album, as they have broken up since the release of this album. Check out "Behind Those Eyes", "Paul Bunyan & The Blue Ox", "The Alpha/ The Omega", and "Rudy x3".
Knifefight - "Knifefight" 2013
Knifefight is the duo of Beans and Mux Mool. I honestly want to like this EP more than I actually do, which is usually how it ends up for me with anything related to Anti-Pop Consortium. It's not bad by any means, it's just relatively simple and straightforward within it's parameters, which are obviously beyond the normal scope of rap, but still, i'm left feeling like I want more when I hear this, and that's unfortunate, but maybe it's my problem. I'm sure there's a market for this, and it's not a poorly executed project, it just apparently isn't for me. Check out "Light Beat", "Pop Your Bubble" featuring Kool AD +Sub Con, and "Gloss".
The Stepkids - "The Lottery" 2013
This is the 2nd single from their new album, "Troubador", and let me tell you, it reminds me a LOT of Steely Dan. Some people will hate on it and say it's cheesy, but this is pretty damn good. I really gotta check out this new album of theirs. Check out the video for "The Lottery". Also check out a live performance of the B-Side track, "The Art Of Forgetting".
Oh No - "Oh No vs. Now Again 2" 2013
Title is pretty self-explanitory. Oh No raids Now Again's vaults for samples and makes a bunch of beats. I feel like with all the releases he does in this vein, his beats have become somewhat predictable, but he does a shitload of them, and they are all good, so being predictably good is hardly a negative thing, it's just that you kinda know what to expect before hearing it, so it takes away a bit of the element of surprise...but yeah, this album is filled with dope beat after dope beat. Unfortunately, i'm having a hard time finding any of these tracks online to share with you, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
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