"2012 is The Year of HIERO" Thu Feb-09-12 05:17 PM by CanUooooFeeLiT
Last year Hiero dropped a lot of good product from Opio(Red X Tapes w/Equipto), Casual(Hierophant & He Think He #Rap God), Phesto Dee(Granite Pedigree EP), A Plus(Pepper Spray EP) and DEL(Golden Era).
Most those were Bandcamp download only but it seems that Hiero is releasing a lot product for the stores this year. I'm amped!!
Del is the only one from Hiero that has fallen off the past few yrs. His songs over his own beats have been subpar to say the least but when he's rhyming over other people's production, he seems to be a totally different(ie better) EMCEE. That album he did with Tame One a couple yrs back was dope as was the production. So I'm looking foward to Deltron II since Automator is doing the production
Pep Love hasn't really done much the past 7 or so yrs but I'm feeling the new song. His flow is still intact, we'll just have to see if he can still bring it high level on the lyrical end. The tracklisting for the album is of producers I haven't really heard of so that concerns me a bit on the production end.
Pep Love Rigamarole Tracklisting
1. "Intro" 2. "Runaway Slave" Ft. Otayo Dub (prod. by Steven King) 3. "Top O' The Mornin" Ft. Knobody (prod. by Steven King) 4. "Everywhere" (prod by Unjust) 5. "Can't Nobody Do It Like Us" Ft. Opio (prod. by Billion Coast) 6. "Hip Hop My Friend" (prod. by Unjust, cuts by DJ Platurn) 7. "Bang" (prod. by Steven King) 8. "Agree To Disagree" (prod. by Steven King, cuts by TD Camp) 9. "Cloudy Days" (prod. by Nima Fadavi) 10. "Rooftops And Rain" (prod. by Steven King) 11. "I Know This Pain" Ft. LB Select & Chris Rene (prod.bySteven King) 12. "Reflections" (prod. by Unjust) 13. "Be" (prod. by Steven King) 14. "Inner Conflict" (prod by Aagee) 15. "iPower" (prod. by Unjust) 16. "No Unsung" (prod. by Billion Coast)
As for Phesto his EP was dope and the two videos are dope esp Every Detail. That's one of the best hip hop songs I've heard in a while. He's also gotten better with time. From the Dealers mixtape w/DJ Lex to the new single, Phes has been right there with Cas and Op as the best EMCEEE in Hiero.
Right now Cas has probably been the best spitter out there the last few yrs. Nothing but quality from him.
Opio has been putting out quality heat the past 4 yrs so I expect his new album to be of the same.
Tajai still spittin at a high level, I'm just have concerns for his beat selections and Melle Mel flow(it can be annoying at times). Power Movement had a few questionable beats on it and some corn.
A Plus is hit or miss but his last EP, Pepper Spray, was great. I'm looking foward to his new full length album because I wasn't really feeling Last Good Deed from in 06.
All in all Hiero still brings it to me but just like any crew that's been doing it for 20 yrs there are going to be ups and downs and peaks and valleys. I just think this year will be a peak for them as a whole and possibly individually.
14. "Im excited for Phesto ..finally" In response to Reply # 0
he must have the longest debut ever
he is light years beyong his Jive days
I thought he realy started to develop his own voice on "No mans land" and he has been great ever since
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19. "RE: 2012 is The Year of HIERO" In response to Reply # 0
got my Pep Love cd in the mail today. was very apprehensive about the production lineup of no namers. it's fucking excellent. a billion times iller than that dud Ascension.
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