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Rating: From the universe of Uochi Toki comes this generous artist whose verbosity gifts all his productions to us netizens.
Stylistically comparable to his mentors, who produced his latest "Breakhop," he positions himself alongside them in the most experimental outskirts of hip-hop, outskirt so extreme that many rappers disown them as relatives. Zona Mc, also known as Mula, is known for his incredibly fast speech and various voices with which he embodies the characters in his songs, but he can also resort to a more typically rap flow.
"Ogni volta che bestemmi..." is certainly not his best work in my opinion, but it is the most digestible for potential new listeners. It presents all the most characteristic aspects of Mula, yet avoids extremisms. He tackles topics belonging to the shadow in a sharp and witty manner, often surrounded by discomfort and dissimulation. He talks about instrumental friendships, excuses, betrayal, and masturbation; all through monologues or amusing skits splendidly performed at breakneck speed. The album is filled with kilometric, short-circuiting analyses of human behavior, reflecting his philosophical education, which is thematically much more present in his subsequent albums.
The beats, produced by Zona Mc himself, are characterized by a breakcore attitude. Wildly launched electronic drums emerge over a carpet composed of the most varied samples. There is a palpable fetishism for these samples, extracted from an immense sonic universe, they surprise in their percussive and forceful use.
I have not yet managed to see him live, but I would love to. He is famous for never performing his songs at concerts, instead improvising completely, accompanied by a metronome, if not blindfolded and without a backing track.
"Ogni volta..." can be found here.
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