CD Review: Classified – Self Explanatory
March 17th, 2009 Filed under: Made In Canada, Reviews - Music by admin
CD Review – Classified
Self – Explanatory
Sony Music Canada
Canada’s East Coast Hip Hop ambassador Classified drops his thirteenth studio release with “Self Explanatory”, and like “Hitch Hiking Music” before it, the album showcases Class’s ever evolving beat production skills, and a lyrical flow that manages to be skillful and clever, down to earth and funny, self-reflective and insightful. Over the course of twenty-two tracks, Class takes the listener on a highly entertaining journey through a day in the life of this everyman MC, with six of the tracks incorporating a “Choose Your Own Adventure” theme that makes listening to the album a fully interactive experience.
With a hand selected cohort of Canada’s finest MC’s, the man known to his parents as Luke Boyd gives props to the best of the Old and New Schools, with collaborators ranging from Maestro and Choclair to Saukrates, D-Sisive and DL Incognito. “They Call This (Hip Hop)” features D-Town hard rhymer Royce Da 5’9″ and protegee BOB dropping some deranged shit atypical of the rest of the album. “One Track Mind” has Class rhyming faster than ever over a track by East Coast popster Joel Plasket. The consistently funny back story with its optional outcomes allows Class to dwell briefly on every topic he can squeeze in, from national pride (“Oh…Canada”), to “Inspiration”, to relationship dynamics (“Breaking Up”), never lingering too long in one mood, and maintaining a consistently sunny yet cynical disposition, ending with the promise of a new day.
“Self Explanatory” marks Classified’s true emergence as a fully matured artist in control of every aspect of his craft, from lyrics to production, to maintaining the clarity of a greater vision throughout twenty-two tracks. Having toured Canada more extensively than any other Hip Hop artist, he now looks forward to taking his top-notch, crowd rocking stage show to a wider audience overseas.
“Self Explanatory” is in stores April 7th on Sony Music Canada.
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