Sometimes, and this being one of those times, you gotta wonder who's going to, or supposed to buy all that is coming out. Not because everything is wack, no, just because there's so damn much. And with all your favorite artists already releasing so much, who even has the time or money to check out the ones that you've never even heard of? Or who even dares to pick up something that doesn't yet have an established name, after you already have too many of those so-so, or solid, or wack releases in your collection?

Again questions this space isn't meant to answer, but once we put our eyes on this advance promo, as well as our ears to the music this CD-R contains, these thought circle us like kiddies do the last very well hidden egg on Eastern. Again, not because it is wack, it actually isn't, but because you do have to wonder who will pick this up, if not having just seen the crew perform live or have some reviewer tell you that this is worthy of your attention. Now, with the latter being the case right now, we shall let you know what you can expect on here. And afterwards, direct your mouse over to the Aesthetik crew's, the Wordwerkers, website to check out or pick up the record.

Well, at least if you enjoy self reflecting, poetry heavy, hard to grasp, intelligence demanding, abstract, dark, gloomy and anti-boom bap hip hop. Cause if you don't, then get your mouse over to Yahoo, as if you leave a porn site. Because the attributes mentioned can be handed out to this record, although we don't expect the artist to necessarily agree. Nevertheless, this is dark, this is somewhat melancholic, or simply dried, the lyrics are not a mere addition of one or two liners, but they are expressing thoughts that can span over a whole verse or even longer, and that are at least as much for the artist's relief, as they are for your listening enjoyment. So in a way this is of the kind that Anticon made possible, that we are so often struggling with, and that's flooding the market. So the question is valid, why are we still finding some enjoyment in this?

Well, a lot comes down to the beats, and according to the bio, "this is an EP focusing more on Pain's production than Vyle's rappings". But we also enjoy this, due to the Vyle's flow, that adapts the way he speaks his words, to the content of his words. But it's still mainly the beats that take this beyond the genres usual limits. Cause the producer opts for a couple of interesting sounds, like a 1930's type sample on "How We See It" or some ancient computer game sounds on "Just Cause You Don't Have It". Or he speeds things up on "Tabletop", that features some elements from a spaghetti western, and there's the abstract and somewhat separated from the ground vibe of "I'm Not A Savior Or A Follower Or A Biter Swallow Goodbye" (feat. Rhetorik), that further proves the nice versatility of this album. And with instrumentals, like "Glass", that are not boring the shit outta us, but actually are able to capture some emotion, and in the mentioned case we even get some dub altered drum. Hence we can be fully content about saying: this album sure appears to be a strong representative of its genre.

And that's pretty much all that needs to be said about this here. Well maybe we should add that the Aesthetik Frame does all with a creativity topping on the ice cream, and the whole is something that might at first does not look too tempting, but that happens to be a quick, while not necessarily brilliant, surprise.