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Zion I & The Grouch - Rockit Man
Artist: Zion I & The Grouch
Featuring: Zion I , The Grouch
Producer: DJ AmpLive
Album: Heroes in the Healing of the Nation
Label: Z&G Music
Released last fall, Zion I‘s acclaimed seventh full-length saw the Oakand duo exploring “...esoteric and unseen levels of existence” (to quote their In the Mix interview). Evidently, the cosmic head-trip that was Atomic Clock didn’t exhaust the twosome’s mystic wellspring of inspiration; Rockit Man, single numero uno off their sophomore full-length with fellow West Coast mainstay The Grouch, they’re right back on their transcendental sh*t. DJ AmpLive takes a characteristically eccentric tack behind the boards, layering burbling synth arpeggios to achieve an effect that’s otherworldly, and catchy to boot. Grouch and Zumbi come with compellingly weird, weirdly compelling rhymes to match the beat, the former mixing unhinged imagery (“You’re a parrot, regurgitate like other birds”) with cutting insights into the foundations of morality on the front, and the latter lacing the back with surreal Biblical-econo-metaphysical commentary. Topped off with the soaring hook vocals of singer/femcee Silk-E, Rockit is just the beginning of the fresh and enlightening material to be found on Zion I and Grouch’s Heroes in the Healing of the Nation LP, due out March 22.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on March 7, 2011
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11684 |
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Hopefully the rest of their forthcoming collabo album sounds like "Rockin Man." There is a lot going on production-wise, but I'm a fan.
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| Posted on Mar 03, 2011 |
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3.5 for me. Could grow on me more later. I Fox wit it
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| Posted on Mar 09, 2011 |
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Production, banging (Ohhh!), rapping, banging, love how it's in tune to the beat. Chorus, different but loving it. Everything works. More please guys.
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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