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LIFE IN BONDAGE is Swedish rapper, lil $crotum's 30th full-length release.

Since nearly all previous works from $crotum are light and jocular, this project in particular presents a much more focused and refined sound. All tracks are replete with samples, complemented by an opaque mix in the best way possible--it's a staple of the genre. Only one track managed to fall short for me: "I Thought U Knew," as it's sonically unpleasant and tonally a mess.

I greatly admire ... read more

Disappointing and hackneyed.

For an album titled EXPERIMENTAL RAP, you would expect to hear at least one new idea or "EXPERIMENT," right? Songs like "babygirl" and "$ (Money)" have passable openings, then morph into incredibly bland rap-rock attempts. Tracks like "Meet the Dealers," "head," and "Degenerates Prayer," among others, spotlight some of the lamest and most cliched riddim/briddim instrumentals I have ever heard. There are ... read more

Sally Daley was an American church composer, born on October 24, 1941. She has released a total of 15 cassettes, and worked as a church musician in many different chapels in the Chicago hinterland; she served as the musical director at St. Mary Goretti Church in Schiller Park, Illinois from 2007 up until her passing in April 10, 2020 at the age of 78.

For a project so obviously intended as a vessel for Christian faith, "My God and My All" is quite the universally accessible listen. ... read more

Seminal debut from fretless-electric-bass paragon Jaco Pastorius. While completely acceptable as a jazz fusion record, it is an absolute zenith in bass playing--a gapless experience. The session musicians playing with Pastorius are extremely talented, yet they still manage to be wholly dwarfed by his machine-gun fingers and endlessly brimming creativity.