Fake For Real - Tag - Daddy KevThe English written companion of Fake For Real: since 1997, reviews and articles about rap music2024-03-11T20:40:46+01:00Sylvain Bertoturn:md5:a035ff44a020bb716e18191580d6e9ecDotclearTHE GROUCH, DADDY KEV & D-STYLES - Sound Adviceurn:md5:dbdf4fa2474913b06ae10b61d68996fe2014-07-12T23:16:00+02:002014-11-30T11:51:34+01:00codotusylvAlbumsD-StylesDaddy Kev<p>In 2003, the casting had changed for the dream team made of Daddy Kev and D-Styles. After some fruitful collaborations with Awol One, the Los Angeles beatmaker and the DJ from the Invisibl Skratch Piklz had finally exchanged the hoarse voiced Shape Shifters MC, with another key rapper from California: The Grouch, from the Living Legends. Together, as the latter would announce it on frantic violins, they would make their best to bring something new to hip-hop.</p>
<p><img src="https://english.fakeforreal.net/public/Pochettes/2003/the-grouch-daddy-kev-d-styles-sound-advice.jpg" alt="THE GROUCH, DADDY KEV & D-STYLES - Sound Advice" title="THE GROUCH, DADDY KEV & D-STYLES - Sound Advice" /></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.legendarymusic.net" hreflang="en">Legendary Music</a> :: 2003 :: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S52ZGE/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000S52ZGE&linkCode=as2&tag=fafore05-20" hreflang="en">buy this record</a></strong></p>
<p>And they fulfilled that promise. On <em>Sound Advice</em>, they were all letting themselves go. Usually too linear a rapper, The Grouch adopted there a more fantasist and malleable flow. As with the now disbanded Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the turntablist D-Styles stayed loyal to his crazy kind of deejaying, even if he was a bit too discreet on this record. As for Daddy Kev, the producer, who was delivering most of the work, he seemed to have lost absolutely all inhibition since the <em>Slanguage</em> album.</p>
<p>The spirit and boldness of free jazz, which had been the basis of the latter, were back on <em>Sound Advice</em>: crazy saxophones made it again, as well as delirious pianos, bouncing contrabasses, and mad hi-hats. Nobody knew exactly where each track began or ended, but it didn't matter. The MC was making his best, out of this disorder. His raps were marked by a total freedom, including some slogans here and there, like "live the way you want to" or "freedom of expression is beautiful".</p>
<p>After <em>Slanguage</em>, some had been a bit dubious. But now, there wasn't any more room for doubt. Very short – 21 minutes only – <em>Sound Advice</em> had pruned anything superfluous. Denser, this record was also more accessible, it was much catchier. From "Square One" through the piano on "Climax Cleverly", including the very rhythmic "Usually" or the melancholic "Visibly Vocal", <em>Sound Advice</em> was full of delights. So much that this record, though the less representative of The Grouch's rich discography – more than 15 solo albums, is maybe his absolutely best.</p>https://english.fakeforreal.net/index.php/post/2014/THE-GROUCH-DADDY-KEV-D-STYLES-Sound-Advice#comment-formhttps://english.fakeforreal.net/index.php/feed/atom/comments/2114AWOL ONE & DADDY KEV - Number 3 on the Phoneurn:md5:470f3f809041e12e08b89107ffaacdeb2013-11-04T23:08:00+01:002014-11-30T11:54:36+01:00codotusylvAlbumsAwol OneDaddy Kev<p>By the early 2000's, because of his incredible and inebriated voice, his subtlety, his sense of humor and his vulnerability, because of his style made partly of classic hip-hop, partly of Project Blowed-influenced innovations, we predicted a triumph to Awol One. But it didn't happen. The most charismatic Shape Shifter never capitalized on the buzz around <em>Souldoubt</em>, in 2001. He remained an unsung hero, and he never released the masterpiece we expected. On the opposite, his records would become less and less noticeable, with the exception of the very convicting <em>Only Death can Kill</em> he released in 2007 with Factor, the Canadian beatmaker.</p>
<p><img src="https://english.fakeforreal.net/public/Pochettes/2002/awol-one-daddy-kev-number-3-on-the-phone.jpg" alt="AWOL ONE & DADDY KEV - Number 3 on the Phone" title="AWOL ONE & DADDY KEV - Number 3 on the Phone" /></p> <p><strong>Records Broken / <a href="http://www.alphapuprecords.com" hreflang="en">Alpha Pup</a> :: 2002</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.daddykev.com" hreflang="en">daddykev.com</a> :: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010HNZ8Q/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0010HNZ8Q&linkCode=as2&tag=fafore05-20" hreflang="en">buy this record</a></strong></p>
<p>The isappointed fans, though, can always go back to his first releases. They can rediscover some imperfect but pleasant albums: <em>Souldoubt</em> for example, and its many hits, the record which should have made him a star; or <em>Slanguage</em>, a testimony of the time when Daddy Kev melted rap and free jazz. And, last but not least, <em>Number 3 on the Phone</em>, the closest thing to a classic he would ever deliver.</p>
<p>This record, though, was not made to conquer the world. Originally, it was just a CD-R, available in 300 units only on Alworus' own label, and later rereleased by Germany's VinylKings on vinyl, before Daddy Kev's Alpha Pup made it available again, exclusively in a digital format. The record had some hits, like the latin sounding "Decompose", but it was overall much quieter and more laid-back than its predecessor, <em>Souldoubt</em>, with jazzy tracks like "Suck My Brain" or the remix of "Wild is the Wind", sang by an unknown girl with a velvet sounding voice.</p>
<p>However, and with the help of Daddy Kev's production, Awol One was at his best: he was this complex character, who was able to move in the blink of an eye from anti-wack braggadocio ("Idiot Breath") to self-depreciation, alternatively rapping in a direct and self-confident way, or mumbling like a loser. Also, more than most of his other records, <em>Number 3 on the Phone</em> had a limited number of weak tracks. "Zygote", maybe, was the only one. And this album also disclosed one of Awol One's strongest songs, "Carnage Asada", a long rambling about some lost love, delivered in a trance with some kind of sing-song, with voluptuous piano sounds.</p>
<p><em>"If I die without having a Grammy, or if I never be on TRL, that's OK, I know who I am, and my friends and my fans"</em>. Thus prophesized Awol One prophesized on this record. Indeed, he would never blow up; he would stay a cult rapper. He wouldn't extend much his fan circle, but those would know how to cherish <em>Number 3 on the Phone</em>, and how to appreciate a rapper, by then at the top of his talent.</p>https://english.fakeforreal.net/index.php/post/2013/AWOL-ONE-DADDY-KEV-Number-3-on-the-Phone#comment-formhttps://english.fakeforreal.net/index.php/feed/atom/comments/2023