Re: PUTS / Ladd

From: Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@speakeasy.org)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 19:22:19 MET

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    At 09:21 AM 3/24/2000 +0800, Brock @ Motormouthmedia wrote:
    >> Also while I'm at it - Mike Ladd - what's the score ?
    >
    >Ladd's got two albums on deck - one on NYC-based Ozone titled "Welcome to
    >the Afterfuture" under his own name, out any day now - and a second one
    >coming out in a couple months(?) on Big Dada, Ninja's sublabel that covers
    >hop that's more hip than trip. The LP on Big Dada is s'posed to be under
    >his Infesticons alter-ego. "Welcome to the Afterfuture" is pretty wicked if
    >you're into leftfield hip-hop a la Co Flow/Anti-Pop/Sonic Sum etc, breaks
    >down into what could only be approximated as free jazz rambling at points
    >and is all over the map stylistically. Haven't given the Infesticons a
    >proper listen yet, but once I do I'll try to nail that one down for you. As
    >always, full disclosure - all stuff I'm working press on so I'm slanted :/
    >Hope that helps...B

    Wow, excited to hear about the upcoming Big Dada record-- not having heard
    that one, his best for my money is still his first, oop on
    Scratchie/Mercury, _Easy Listening for Armageddon_. Mellow/menacing
    live-acoustic feeling hip-hop, w/deeeeeep lyrics & the occasional out-form
    track ("I'm Building a Bodacious Bodega for the Race War", & the last
    track). Really personal & beautiful, & one of my all-time favorite records.



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