Re: (idm) solaar, japanese rap

From Lauren Olson
Sent Thu, May 27th 1999, 20:19

>I believe that Solaar has one of the smoothest and most rhythmically 
> >facile flows in hip-hop, and I mean all hip hop, in any language.  
> >Granted, the backing tracks are at times a bit heavy on the fromage 
> >kinda fuzaky cheezy), but you can't question the man's dextrous flow.
>Admittedly, I don't quite know what the lyrics are about, but it's a >fun 
>game attempting to translate.

I've noticed in the few Solaar works that I've heard that word games are 
exactly what he's about.  He tends to take common phrases and expressions 
and then turn them around to fit the song.  This in turn seems to fit pretty 
well with his style, his flow.  He's all right, but I definitely wouldn't 
call him great.

Le Gooster is much better.

Lauren


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