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Album Review: B.C. - Time Capsule
by Kanisha Mickens

The words distinct and fusion come to mind
when listening to this interesting album. B.C. (The Black Child) is definitely
using the art of hip hop when it comes to story telling. The album itself was
created for a purpose, to send a message, to make a point, to tell a story about
hip hop from a futuristic, time traveler riding the rhyme, out of space point of
view. As a matter of fact, the quality of sounds and beats on “Time Capsule”
also plays on that theme. When listening to some of the tracks it takes one
back in time to old school video games for Nintendo and the background ambiances
captured in a movie about. The lyrics eloquently make mention of today’s state
of hip hop, consciousness, and politics. While, it is a stretch to compare this
brother to anybody else a hint of what to expect would be in the same zone with
Mos Def,
Talib Kweli, and
Common because of the
subject matters and lyrics. Also, he can be placed in the same category with
Outkast, especially
Andre 3000 because of the
futuristic, out of space theme. This album is definitely worth a listen to just
to go on the trip that the artist takes his listeners on with his story. | |