Hello again! Today we'll look
how hip-hop can be interpreted
and represented in different form.
It's true that nowadays everything is mixed with everything
so that the genre borders have become relative to an extent
that they serve only for labelling
one or another sound and style for simpler categorization
and further selling.
In other words, the current artist
has become one of the current innovators
of modern hip-hop, while also remaining
within underground hip-hop, trap,
and newschool rap scene.
And this is the kind of innovation that I like the most
and it suits my musical taste perfectly.
Ghostemane. Correct me if I spell this name wrongly
but as far as I remember his interview in NO JUMPER podcast, that's how he introduced himself.
One of the young and perspective American rappers,
who's famous for his collaborations with other representatives of underground scene
like Wavy Jones, Pouya, etc.
along with an array of beatmakers,
despite the fact that in majority of cases Ghoste composes
his instrumentals for his own songs with rare exceptions, when
he collabs with other beatmakers
For example, his "Kali Yuga" featuring Clams Casino represents one of such rare exceptions.
In fact, I truly recognized the talent of this artist
and liked his music, when I heard
him in "1000 Rounds" featuring Pouya, where his
high-speed part was simply awesome!
Plus, I liked all the esoterics,
mythological content and symbols, which
can often be seen in his tracks' lyrics.
And now, he released his new album recently
titled HEXADA,
from which I expected to hear a completely different sound with different production approach.
Partially, I've got this in the album
while, partially, I've heard the same Ghoste
similar to his old tracks.
So, with title and cover everything is complex
and easy at the same time. When taken the cover,
we see only the artist's portrait on black background
and there's nothing special about it.
But
the only snag lies within the album's title.
Which we can also see in the self-titled track and in "Polaris",
as far as I remember.
So this Hexada is one of esoteric symbols,
which is favored by followers of alchemy,
mythology,
and various magic practices along with the rest
pseudoscientific mess.
For example, Wiki tells us that Hexada represents
one of the components of the so-called Enneagram,
which was introduced by
Óscar Ichazo, further inspiring
Gurdjieff to develop the concept of The Law of Seven.
The Enneagram figure consists of
three parts: a circe, an inner triangle,
linking 3-6-9
and the so-called hexagonal star
linking the angles 1-4-2-8-5-7
According to esoteric spiritual traiditions, the circle represents integrity,
the inner triangle represents The Law of Three,
while, the hexagonal star or Hexada
symbolizes the Law of Seven:
an array of 1-4-2-8-5-7-1.
It also represents a repeating decimal, which appears
when dividing one by seven.
By the way, let's not forget about the fact that Hexada also is
a hexagram similar to the Seal of Solomon,
hexagram of Hinduism gods,
hexagram of Crowley
and other religious stuff,
which I would not recommend anyone to think about.
But, when taken from strcitly artistic standpoint,
such approach to Titling and shaping the album's concept
is chosen more than adequately.
Furthermore, it appears that personally for Ghoste such symbolism is very significant
and he is the only one
daring to address such esoteric content in modern music.
So! Whatever it was,
a hexada or a hexagram usually means sort of balance balance
between forces, energies, personalities, characters etc.
depending on a choice of
thinkers, philsopohers and other people willing to explain the reality
from the perspective of non-existent matters.
And whichever form of balance there
was in the image of album's main hero
it appears that this was the balance between depression and aggression
of the hero, who we see through the course of the album.
Because only these two themes are the most prominent within the album's lyrics.
As for the musical content,
we've here 12 tracks lasting for approximately 27 minutes,
which already represents a certain trend.
By the way, have you noticed that in majority of cases the Rap releases
do not have more than 30 minutes in duration?
But I've noticed, guys!
The only exception can be
the $uicideboy$ releasing their "Sagas"
"Kill Your$elf"
in series that slightly surpass 30 minutes.
Still, when taking separately each Saga
so indeed, they are rather short for releases for modern hip-hop.
It's not bad, even good, 'cause it does not bore a listener,
while also offering artists to release their tracks more often
in a compressed and compact form.
I'm just pointing on trend.
Plus, I always prefer quality over quantity,
it may be less content, but of better quality.
As for the sound itself, we've got an innovation here.
In the beginning I said that I've been waiting for changes in sound
due to a simple fact that that I've seen Ghoste's interview
in No Jumper, where he's said that he was working
on a completely new project, where there'll be inclusions
of industrial and noise-electronic sounds,
which we've got from first to last track.
Here, the sound is dominantly harsh , dirty
and very-very noisy,
which has much in common with classic industrial sound,
like it should be.
Additionally to all this we've also got the buzzing sub-bass
and trap-style drums with all these sprinkling hi-hats
because this what the style requires.
And in fact, if these elements were removed by Ghoste completely
then from instrumental perspective
this album could hardly be defined as related to hip-hop.
As for the vocals, we've got his signature rapping style
with changing voices and intonations
along with screams like in track "D(r)own"
combined with over-distorted guitar, which brings a grindcore or
punk-style vibe to it.
The flow is almost the same, like...
but Ghoste performs it rather technically, fast
and brings some sort of originality to this overused style of flow
along with making it sound slightly different from standard.
As for the lyrics, I can say that it's the most adequately-written
when compared with latest new-school releases.
Yes, there's much of depressive-suicidal text
but at the same time, it's written not from perspective of crying emo kid,
but from the side of aggressive guy who wants
to take with him to grave
his friends, enemies, bitches, etc.
so that he could not be alone anymore.
This is also accompanied by esoteric symbols similar to ones in older albums,
in majority of cases these are references of Crowley
whom Ghoste cites from one release to another till the end of the album with his phrase
do what thou wilt
that is "do what you find necessary", while understanding that this
is not an act of permissiveness, but a sign
of freedom of mind and actions.
In other words, the lyrics construction and symbols inclusion
represents a rather mature approach.
It's also worth accepting that Ghoste himself is slightly older than the majority of modern rappers of the U.S.
The guy is 26-27 years old.
And this is clearly noticeable
in the vocabulary used for constructing the lyrics
along with his judgements in general shown in the album.
It's not that I agree with him in aforementioned
pseudoscientific symbolism
but he uses it rather skillfully and sincerely,
which shows that he believes what he says here.
In short, if you look for something new, with depressive-agressive
and completely new sound; and if you want to listen to hip-hop
with a huge inclusion of industrial
and metal-related vibe,
then this album is definitely for you! I liked it very much, as well.
That's why I give it 4,5 out of 5.
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