Old Apple Juice Reviews, For New Butter Soup Readers
Apple Juice is my 10 song e.p. that is available free, download by clicking the appropriate link on the right.
This review was translated from Italian, thanks to Google, so if it sounds funny you’re xenophobic.
187onamothafuckincop. blogspot. com’s review:
At last even one of the best emerging Mc’s i’ve ever heard makes his debut with this Ep. The Mc i’m talkin’ about is Teddy Faley, a talented rapper from Maryland, and the record is Apple Juice: first chapter of the “Juice” series (an Ep from this series will be available in freedownload every 6 months).
I found out this artist with Myspace, I immediately loved his particular style and, after months waiting for some record to come out, I’m here reviewing this incredible Ep. Teddy Faley is the “one-mand-band” of this record: he raps, produces the whole album, mixes it, records it and masters It, all by himself.
Teddy shows all is great talent in rapping, his songs do not have refrains, so that the verses are the beating heart of the songs. His flow is fantastic and versatile an,( thanks to his beautiful voice) it never bores the listener.
Lyrics are one of the strengths of the record, Ted is a master in the use of metaphors (just to make an example: “Little me, balance of a buzzard, sleeping thru the winter just to cower in the summer”), which are not too complicate to understand. His lyrics prove his ability in writing, they change from sad lyrics to angry or sweet lyrics without falling out of style.
But Teddy’s not just an incredible Mc, he’s a great producer too: his beats are now experimental and noisy (Skinned Knees), now melodic (Been Had Been) and they’re never repetitive. The drums ain’t dirty but sometimes they’re very aggressive.
The record opens with a funny intro (with a great instrumental at the end), then starts one of the most intense and complicated tracks of the Ep: Darwin Complex. Well has some of the greatestand deepest lyrics of the record, full of awesome metaphors ((“It aint the height that qualifies the ladder, it’s the rungs. And you’re melting your wax wings too far from the sun.”), one of the best tracks of the cd. Been Had Been is a beautiful story about friendships with a sad and melodic beat. Skinned Knees is the angriest song of the Ep, the beat sounds like some Industrial stuff, Ted is unstoppable and talks about some folks who defined his music as “odd rap”. 80 Proof Beautiful treats the same argument as Skinned Knees, this one’s fantastic too. Straw Man Argument, in my opinion, is the worst track of the album, it has great lyrics, but I don’t really like the beat that much. Smile is the saddest song of the record, awesome lyrics and a beat that, from the melodic start, becomes noisy and violent.
This is an awesome debut Ep by a fantastic Mc/Producer, I’m not giving this any rating, but I really suggest you to listen to it ‘cause it is in freedownload and I don’t think it will let you down! Teddy Faley, write this name down, ‘cause I’m quite sure you will hear about him soon!187 On A Mothafuckin’ Cop Rating : 8/10
This one was not.
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Overit Media:
Lucky Charms, Hip-Hop & Apple Juice
Lucky Charms has a character who claims that his “magically delicious” product
will entertain and please you, is much like the evilness of commercial, corporate hip hop.Lucky Charms’ 12 vitamins and minerals sound health-conscious and they look
like fun, but at the root of the cereal are complex sugars, chemicals and other
additives that are not at the top of everyone’s list of “things I want to put in my
body.”Commercial-corporate hip-hop is colorful, fun and appealing to the outsider, but lying deep within is something more sinister. Greed and ill-conceived social messages are eating away at the souls of those who are under commercial music’s fist, their practices against the artists and especially that of the masses who look to this stuff for meaning.
As you eat your Lucky Charms, they are sweet at first, but they become eerily
sickening after a while. Something is happening. You are coming to a realization.What have I done? Who have I become? Why must I eat like this? As you sit in
the wonderment of corporate-commercially marketed music, in its majesty, the same happens.Realizations occur. Who am I? What have I done? Who have I become? Why must I be like this?
Are you ready to break free and break into a frame of mind? An indie music state of mind?
Try this out. Completely free, unadulterated, better than what you’re used to, straight-up, indie hip hop:
Teddy Faley’s Free Album, Apple Juice, will be available to the world on Thursday, November 27th
That’s all, thanks for reading.
