I’m still prepping my own post but I did whip this out late last week – a 5 song music list for NPR on the late, great Harvey Fuqua.

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I know this summer has not been as bountiful with posts as you (or I) would like; things have just been crazy busy with everything else. Just hold tight with me and in the meantime, enjoy this track above which is one of my recent acquisitions; I’ll be doing a formal post soon, promise!

Oh, and speaking of to-do post, I had been meaning to write about these two LPs for the longest time but hey, Franko saved me the trouble. Excellent!

Curren$y “Audio Dope II”

Curren$y has one of those voices that seems as though it could’ve been genetically engineered for the purposes of rap — he need not even work too hard on rhymes to make his words come out sounding smooth, seductive, and musical. You can hear echoes of Snoop Dogg and Pusha T in his delivery, but he’s certainly his own man. I quite like the way his verses have this sticky quality, as though every line coats the beat like a slow drip of honey. The music for “Audio Dope II” suits this quality perfectly — the resonance of his voice seems to slick up this rhythmic loop that grinds like gears, and the bright tonality complements his dark, nearly monochromatic cadences.

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