Archives of May 2015 (4)

A key character in the West Coast Underground scene since the 1990's, when he was a member of Log Cabin – a cult band which would give birth to the Living Legends - and later on a Shape Shifters affiliate, Radioinactive had tried everything, with his supersonic and multisyllabic flow. His first album had been terribly lo-fi (Fo' Tractor), the second one had mixed pure genius with unbearable fillers (Pyramidi), and his joint project with Busdriver and the beatmaker Daedelus (The Weather), despite a few anthological bangers, was not fully satisfying.

Released in 2002, Musicide, Nobs' first album, had some highlights, like "Fair Weather Song", or "Idiot Box". But this was not enough for distinguishing this man – a rapper close to Phlegm's Brad Hamers – from the multitude of Internet MCs emerging from the indie world, around this time. With Workin', however, it was different. Even if Nobs didn't change anything to his formula – this was still the posture of the angry underground White MC, unhappy about the world, unhappy about himself – this record proved to be much better than the one before.