“Hip-Hop is dead!” proclaimed Queensbridge MC, Nas. That statement did not mean that music labeled as hip-hop had ceased to exist. That statement revolved around a much bigger issue. Hip-Hop seemed to have morphed into a commercialized commodity that no longer represents the heartbeat of streets. MC’s skill no longer seemed to be the gauge of their freshness. Now a day’s skill is replaced with swag and truth is optional.
Cincinnati native Deacon D.A.S. is cut from a cloth that hip-hop lovers would love to snuggle up with. Deacon is a wordsmith that makes rhymes seem effortless. He is a rapper’s rapper and an MC’s MC. These days the Midwest sound is comparable to the sound-scape of the Dirty South or reduced to basement sounding synthesizers and beats. Das has word play more on par with an East Coast veteran such as Mos Def, Talib Kweli or CHH lyricists The Ambassador and R-Swift.
Deacon’s debut album “Losin' My Religion” serves as the perfect vehicle to introduce this lyrical phenomenon to the masses.
Elder P of JamTheHype.com
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