DMV-Based Emcee/Producer Duo Kev Brown & J Scienide Release
'Stray From the Pack' Album, Their Sophomore Offering
(Landover,
MD) - The DMV area duo of Kev
Brown & J Scienide return with their sophomore album, "Stray From The Pack," and it's
an immediately gripping display of real artistic collaboration. The two multi-talented artists-they both rap and produce on
here-have crafted an incredibly organic project that celebrates classic collab albums (think EPMD, Jaylib, and Madvillain)
while continuing to move the genre forward.
That
"organic" feel of SFTP applies to both the rhymes and the production on the album, which is very much steeped in
pushing the listener's preconceived notions of sample-based beats and "underground" bars. On the mic, Brown and
Scienide are both insightful and blithe, weaving clever wordplay and straight-talk about their place in hip-hop and the world
in general. And with their production, the two deftly color outside the lines of boom-bap as they flip left-field samples
and loop slightly out-there drums on joints like neck-breaking single "Cutlass Supreme" featuring DJ Jon Doe on
the cuts and the dope closing track "Legendary Rugged."
They
make their case right out of the gate with the album intro which transitions perfectly into the first proper track, "The
Set Up," a Brown-produced burner featuring raw bars from Scienide. They then flip roles for "Leave it to the Pros"
as Scienide provides dizzying pianos and drums for Brown to talk his sh*t and kick crazy rhymes. And then when they hop on
the same track for "Out the Safari"? The term "slapper" doesn't even begin to describe that cut.
Fittingly, the two linked up this past autumn to shoot the newly released video for
"Out the Safari," which is both a celebration of the album's release and their work together as a whole. It also
feels like a nod to how Brown describes SFTP, which he says had to be "bigger and better" than their debut. "It's
like this is our Bad Boys 2," he adds.
"Stray From The
Pack" is available now through all major digital retailers and streaming platforms through Scienide's Statik King imprint
via Fat Beats Records.
Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. The Set
Up (prod. by Kev Brown)
03. Leave It To the Pros (prod. by J Scienide)
04. Out the Safari (prod. by J Scienide)
05. Orange Julius Landover Mall (prod. by Kev Brown)
06. Siberian Summer (prod. by J Scienide)
07. High Standards
(prod. by Kev Brown)
08. Grand Prize Winners (prod. by J Scienide)
09. Cutlass Supreme (prod. by Kev Brown)
10.
Smithereens (prod. by J Scienide)
11. Ring Bells (prod. by J Scienide)
12. Legendary Rugged (prod. by Kev Brown)
(Source:
Fat Beats Records)
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