Jay Electronica - Putting The Brimstone Back In Conscious Rap

The tendency with 'conscious' rap music is to just wince it off. Isn't rap meant to be fun, glamourus and sensational, not winey, pseudo-intellectual and sanctimonious? Course there's been great independent hip hop that's smart and thought-provoking, but there's something about when you hear that conscious tag that makes you instantaneously hanker for 'tricked-out whips' and semi-automatic weapons. But as New Orleans' Jay Electronica's reminding us, making philosophical rap needn't be all fala...

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