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Silent Invisible - Trillion
Trillion, SBRR, NZ (bouzouki)
Mike features on Trillions CD playing Joe Foley and Davy Stuart bouzoukis.
REVIEW
By Steph Gray for NZ Musician Magazine - june 2008
Described as an album of hip
hop-inspired songs for smart people, ‘SILENTinvisible’ is lush with
beats, synths, samples and scratching, masterfully composed and produced
by Lloyd with the help of friends with accordions, pianos, flutes and a
bouzouki. Lloyd grew into his baggy trousers as a high-school rapper
with Dark Tower in the ‘90s and has since developed a fine ear for beat
poetry and spoken word that he weaves through the album in interesting
interludes.
reviewed by Tim O'Connor for PRESTO MAGAZINE
With every release Lloyd is ascertaining a comfort zone within his art,
and on this album he truly shines. To strengthen his views on his
natural accent debate, he features rap talents from across the globe
including Ammunition from Ireland, Ozi Batla (the herd) from Australia
and Wayne Lotek (lotek hifi, roots manuva) from UK. Lloyd also manages
to pay homage to the motherland of hip hop by inviting on board
respected underground American rapper Sankofa. With this palate, Lloyd
paints us a vivid picture that rapping in native accent is very normal
and seriously acceptable. It is here to stay, so you'd better get used
to it.
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