Deep and Ben Boogie are New York’s 2 Hungry Brothers, a production duo who have worked with Lodeck, Mr. Sinister, Das EFX, Jeru the Damaja, Rakim, the Roots, Boot Camp Click . . . The list goes on forever. Their newest project teams them up with 8thW1, also from the AOK Collective, who is one of the fastest, wittiest rappers I’ve heard in years. I know I’m prone to hyperbole, but holy crap. Every song is full of one-liners worth repeated. They come so fast, it’s hard to keep up. “Being broke makes me feel sad!” “I make your iPod swell!/I’m killin’ it just willin’ it!” And 8thW1 is capable of long-form raps, too. “Short and Sweet” compares the effects on society of sugar and crack (“They claim we’re selling crack/but you be doing that!/Sugar is the illest drug/You be the supplier”) in the best conscious-nutrition rap since KRS-One dropped “Beef.” Hilarious and intelligent at the same time–not a common thing to find!
The album also features AOK Collective Crew members Fresh Daily, Homeboy Sandman and P.So; Von Pea of Tanya Morgan; Reef da Lost Cauze, and more. It’s ridiculously good.
There’s a sampler free on bandcamp, but I’m not sure how long that will last….
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burst into chorus, and then roll back. It’s the format pioneered by the Pixies, but without the punk energy. Instead, the choruses are poppy, almost sunny. Almost. There’s an undercurrent of sadness that permeates all of the band’s latest full length, Strange Waves.
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“Floating: the Nathan Gocke Story.” You can get a taste of it, by the band Moonlit Sailor, along with songs by a bunch of other 
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