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Los Angeles emcee Bambu is a lot like Mary Poppins—except, instead of offering the youngsters a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down, he’s using a spoonful of “medicine” to make his hard-left political critiques more palatable to hip-hop heads. New single Lean, for instance, might sound like an ode to sizzurp—thanks in part to Karman‘s slow-rolling beat, which features a prominent sample from Redman‘s Tonight’s Da Night—but the emcee’s more interested in discussing the internal contradictions and cleavages that create the potential for societal shifts: “Purple codeine is not what I ‘m meanin’ when I’m leanin’ / The balance of power is not balanced, it’s tilted: leanin’.” Bambu, Leo Docuyanan and Tony Rain link up to direct the joint’s freshly-minted visuals. Like what you’re hearing? More hot beats and revolutionary rhetoric await on ...One Rifle Per Family, available now for purchase on iTunes.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 7959 |
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This was alright. Bambu's flow was pretty cool, but the beat was lifeless and took away from it.
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2013 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 698 |
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I dig this. Bambu's wordplay is dope. Who needs a high-energy beat when he has an Old-school sample and slick lyrics?
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2013 |
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I like this slow west coast flow, brings me back to them days with Too $hort, and he doesn't hesitate to spray the track with a few quick bars of ammo.
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2013 |
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Interesting sound...I like the simplicity of the beat.
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2013 |
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SXSW madness has been all over the place, but a rating...
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