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| As hard it is to follow all the
connections and intertwindings of the people that
do this music, as good the music is. What also means
that the group is not as artificially put together
as it might seem. The music sounds too natural and
too much as it should be, for the grouping of the
artists to be anything fake or forced. The three
emcees compliment each other so well, that their
voices merge into one big statement, if you don't
pay close attention to who exactly is speaking now.
There's not even a weakest member on here, as each
and everyone kicks a confident flow. And content
wise, there's no reason why they shouldn't find
common topics to talk about, as all stem from the
same Syntax and 'Christian hip hop' background.
Yes, they probably don't like the term, but due
to lacking a better one (and 'people that speak
on their faith in hip hop' being rather clumsy),
we shall settle with this undesired brand. |
| However, with them being identified
as believing people, it does not need to be especially
pointed out that they keep their lyrics positive.
And the proportions of how much they are content,
keeps them straying away from many braggadocios
topics. Because confidence allows them to just know,
instead of to claim. But, and this is a big but,
the lyrics are not as mushy and Sunday morning as
this might sound like. The cats still represent.
Just in different ways. They represent thought,
pure thoughts that is. They however also represent
reflective pondering and pointing out evils and
solutions where they see 'em. And they don't hesitate
to speak on shortcomings and well, God and faith. |
| And then there are the beats by
Muneshine. Interesting is, that he often does rather
quick songs, like "Blink
Of The Eye", the party stomper
"Never Square",
the sing-a-long "Lah
Lah Land" and "P.T.
Cruise", that uses a previously
heard sample to great benefit. As it's adapted for
the chorus and bent and bound appropriately. The
elements Muneshine draws from are often jazzy, like
on "The
Top" and the very nice title
track "Pure
Thoughts", but also bluesy on
"That's How It Is"
or even harsher sounds on "Poetry
In Motion". And all the beats are
excellent, putting this cat right up there into
the skies of our most respected producers. |
| Okay, this is definitely pointing
in one direction of sound. And there might be some
odd people out there that don't like this type of
style. But they probably also don't believe in midnight
marauders or quality sample usage and intelligent
and positive verses. However everyone with a clear
head and clean ears will happily indulge themselves
in the dopeness that calls itself LightHeaded. |
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