>"True straight
>>up modal jazz married to a white dude doing a Kendrick
>>impression and being all confessional."
>
>
>Because that sounds like something I would never ever want.
>
>But...
>
>So far, this is really dope. Years Gone By is incredible.
>
>The MC is much better than I expected so far, and the
>production is fantastic.
>
>I wish the Roots would go this route.


Agreed all way around. It's why I paid no attention. I truly dislike most NZ rap, it's so nakedly reminiscint of an era they didn't even live. Like a lot of German rap that "crosses over". This one, when I finally gave it a shot, immediately hit. I'll also say, beyond the NZ thing, the group's name felt like some try-hard.


>Anyway, nice find.
>
>>most specifically but a whole lot of stuff that's been
>>bubbling under the surface from Los Angeles to Houston to
>>Minneapolis to New York since the early 2000s.
>
>
>Such as?


I was mostly thinking of the Hellfyre Club when they buckle down and get away from the glitch stuff, Dessa from Doomtree who I always wish would get more time to shine, and Helio Sequence from the late 2000s who advertised themselves as this but never doubled down or had a emcee fresh enough to propel them. There are more, but I write about music infrequently enough I couldn't say, I just have this memory of it.



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