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Illvibe Collective - Medicine Men
Artist: Illvibe Collective
Producer: Illvibe Collective
Album: All Together Now
Label: Soulspazm
Sick of the same old, same old, but can’t afford a trip overseas at the moment? I feel you – and, as luck may have it, I’ve got something that’ll do wonders for your headstate. On their latest single (and first Booth feature), the Illvibe Collective step into the role of “African Medicine Men,” ready with a natural remedy for whatever may ail you. Appropriately, the Philly-based DJ/producer crew go for a sunny Afrobeat-influenced feel on this cut, blending brass, body-moving bass and heavily syncopated percussion into a uniquely fresh instrumental backdrop – complete with one of the freshest guitar solos I’ve encountered in a hip-hop record. Ghanaian-born emcee M’anifest and Uganda-bred partner-in-rhyme Krukid, together known as A.R.M. (African Rebel Movement), handle mic duties, lacing the beat with bars as playfully allusive as they are globally-minded “Vibe so ill you like ‘Pon the Replay!’, we get it in from the Gold Coast of EA, Mogadishu back to the Bronx and B.K.” Like what you’re hearing? More globetrotting grooves and hot guest features await on the Collective’s debut full-length, All Together Now, set to drop March 29.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on March 21, 2011
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11662 |
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Refreshing and much needed. My headphones needed this. Really badly.
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| Posted on Mar 15, 2011 |
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Z i couln't agree more. It has been discouraging lately to say the least. Nice to hear sounds like this. Stay with this style. Fresh. Peace
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| Posted on Mar 15, 2011 |
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Different sound. Not bad though. Good flow and progression
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| Posted on Mar 15, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 676 |
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Like the big band Jazz feel, cool track...sumthing truly different
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| Posted on Mar 15, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 402 |
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This has a very unique sound!
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| Posted on Mar 19, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2919 |
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great hip-hop if you're in the mood for it, nice beat for them to spit over, quite enjoyable
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| Posted on Mar 20, 2011 |
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I love the vibe to this song like a rap song you can ball room dance to. Interesting and different
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| Posted on Mar 21, 2011 |
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