Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Song(s) of the Day # 2,004 Injury Reserve


A little bit late on the case on this one but sometimes I have to take a look at the Best Ever Albums site to see what's down with the kids. Injury Reserve are an Arizona based hip hop trio who seem to take their leads from Tribe Called Quest and Jungle Brothers. Never a bad thing. For good measure they also stir some Cypress Hill into the pot.


If they're rather too free with the 'N' and 'F' words and coming on as if they're actual gangsters for my liking, there's plenty there musically on their eponymous fourth album, released a couple of months back, to recommend and reward a listen.


Although the MC-ing doesn't push the boat out too much, the music here is far more groundbreaking and promising. Should be interesting to hear where they go next once they spend some time thinking about what they want to say as well as how they want to say it. Because there's much here that's cool.


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