Wednesday, August 22, 2018

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: CLASSIFIED - TOMORROW COULD BE ...

The latest from the Nova Scotia hip-hop artist is a six-track E.P. jammed with singles. That includes his moody Changes featuring Anjulie, the funky riff number She Ain't Gotta Do Much, and the strong message track Powerless, about the national tragedy of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

As always, Classified offers up challenging, thoughtful and relatable lyrics, direct and powerful. He's able to say in short rhymes what others struggle to address in lengthy stories. In Fallen, which could easily be another single, he goes after social media: "We used to talk face-to-face now we talk face to face-time/lately all I see is more race, gay and hate crimes/reported live on my Twitter and on Dateline." All the while, he jams the tunes with hooks and surprising breaks, always making sure there's something to groove to as well. These are six compact, well-crafted cuts with no wasted space, some of his very best.

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