Hip-Hop: Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance

Today I worked on my Hip-Hop collection. The three influences that made my suggestion were Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, and the Wu-Tang Clan. Aesop Rock and Atmosphere are quite common and Wu-Tang Clan was pretty much a third wheel. While Wu-Tang Clan's suggestions were added to the database I have for Hip-Hop, the artist I selected was Sage Francis.

"Paul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Sage Francis' style blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, the occasional pun, absurdism, and pop culture references, while including touchstones of traditional hip hop such as storytelling and self-promotion."

The album I chose is Human the Death Dance. The intro is an intro just like any other, but the second track, Underground For Dummies opens up with some awesome lyrics talking about DIY culture, breaking stereotypes, and other things that fit the title. It becomes evident that Sage Francis is very similar to Atmosphere during the song Civil Disobedience, however Atmosphere often tells stories about scenarios, Sage Francis raps about the way things are for most people that live with a DIY attitude. I love DIY. This is a great album for the rapping alone, but the producing is also a work of art. The beats are refreshing, they are not repetitive and sometimes have a jazzy backbone to them.