Buck 65
Buck 65: Secret House Against the World

THE REVIEW

«What kind of world are we living in anymore?». It's a mixed and multifaceted era, traditions meet and people do not understand each other. And the blues, hip-hop, and folk are meeting at the Secret House Against the World.

Anyone who is familiar with hip-hop classics will surely know Richard Terfry, aka Buck 65, Stinkin' Rich until 1996. An eclectic Canadian. He grew up listening to rap on his portable radio, becoming one of the founders of independent underground hip-hop with Man Overboard (1999), the second of a series of five albums included in the Language Art project. Then, at a certain point, Richard decided to take off his flat-brimmed hat and wide t-shirt (I'm joking, he probably never wore anything like that, independent hip-hop breaks away from this stereotype) to embark on a different path. He decided to introduce rap, his rap, to blues, country, rock and roll, and talking blues. Secret House was born.

13 tracks. Do you remember the old Wild West tavern? Not the one from Sergio Leone though, the one from Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. A West with a playful and funny atmosphere. There you go. Imagine the piano playing. There you go. Now imagine that, at a certain point, the rugged character sitting at the bar stands up and begins to sing like a rap storyteller. There you go. He rests his arm on the leg supported by the piano, adjusts his hat, and continues to sing. Every now and then a woman's voice joins in, a guitar with powerful riffs, a banjo, a synth, and a Technics 1200 turntable.

This is the atmosphere of Secret House.