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REKS - Chasin
Artist: REKS
Producer: Statik Selektah
Album: Straight, No Chaser LP
Label: Gracie Productions
As its title indicates, REKS’ next full-length is a musical draught that comes Straight, No Chaser—unless you count the hustlers depicted in hot pursuit of paper on the project’s inaugural leak. On Chasin’, project collaborator Statik Selektah‘s understated bassline, pensive piano chords and loping breakbeat set the stage for his mic-rocking colleague’s impressionistic account of life on the hustle. While the Boston representative can always be counted on for thought-provoking rhymes, REKS outdoes himself here, interweaving gritty imagery with references to the Underground Railroad, the works of W.E.B. DuBois and Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice. The result is an intricate tapestry of street storytelling that’ll have lyrical heads nodding in appreciation—that is, if they’re not already nodding along to the beat. Does this cut leave you craving more bracing underground bangers from REKS and Statik? Good, because that’s exactly what you’ll find on Straight, No Chaser, scheduled to hit record store shelves and online retailers April 24.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on March 19, 2012
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Little time while at SXSW, but a rating nonetheless.
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REKS is dope, haven't heard anything bad from him.
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This was just OK for me. The production was so-so and REKS usually comes a little bit harder than this. Cool chorus, but I don't think I'll be playing it back over and over...
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reks is one of the dopest out right now!!!
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Co-sign Max Pete ^^
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Rythmatic Eternal King Supreme
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| Posted on Mar 21, 2012 |
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Smooth, great track, need to check out his mixtape
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REALITY HIP HOP MUSIC! WHAT KEEPS? ME GOING HOMIE!!
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