MIKE LADD – WILD OUT
DAY (!K7 RECORDS)
This is the sound of
Mike Ladd punking out. He is known for
being partial towards Bad Brains and here it shows with a thumping, rapidly
delivered rattle of a hardcore song that comes with a charging horn driving things
forward.
Mike Ladd is a smart
man, a published man, with a knack for words and incisive observations. As he rolls through this single we leaves the
listener’s ears ringing as the brain tries to keep up and pick up on every
smashed reference being disposed.
“Wild Out Day” is a
wrong party. Its about the life that we
are currently leading and the one that if we are not careful (not guarded)
might begin enjoying a bit too frequently/much.
There is a barbed repetition attached to proceedings and the description
of an existence containing subtle threat/danger. It reminds me of Plan B but Mike Ladd was
doing it first.
Taking a more expected
approach “Jet Pack” lands on the flipside with bubbling funk bass seeing Ladd
casually and coercing the listener to like his seductive stance and appreciate
his review of the motions. And then it
comes coupled with a P-Funk chorus/hook.
This is how to get atomic; seldom does hip-hop taste so smooth.
This is what can be
produced/made when your worldview be clear and untainted. There is a luxury attached to these pieces
even though in construct they hold little in common other than sharing an
author. Here you hold smart music.
Cool customers still
pay.
Thesaurus moment:
facilely.
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