ThisisDA
Fast Life
Boomkat Product Review:
Another sidestep for Athens' always-on-point Heat Crimes, 'Fast Life' introduces under-the-radar Bristol-based rapper/producer (and occasional Klein collaborator) ThisisDA, positioning his genre-flexed experiments next to collaborations with Debmaster and Mimi Jones.
For the last 10 years at least, ThisisDA has been operating just beneath the surface of the UK rap underground, assembling a run of DIY solo releases and collaborating with everyone from Eyedress to London jazz/hip-hop collective SumoChief - he even accompanied Klein on a tour. 'Fast Life' surveys these experiences and reconciles his knowledge, knitting together various loose threads to present an idiosyncratic alt-rap experience that swerves confidently from the expected path. Nothing slots together too easily - there's a whiff of grime and jiggy rap on the jerky opener 'What I Said', but ThisisDA does things differently, layering light-headed Autotuned rhymes over his brittle, preset-heavy productions. "Should I act first, or wait my turn?" he wonders. "My main concern, bare bridges burned."
The mood lightens on 'Breakout', when ThisisDA croons over syrupy vocal loops and dusty pych-trap. Before it's over, the track shifts gear, forming around Jones' soulful croaks until it takes a completely different shape. It's hard to even spot direct comparisons here - DA sounds as if he's on his own journey, taking cues from self-made eccentrics from both sides of the Atlantic (Dizzee on the one hand and Chance the Rapper on the other). There's a nod to early Ye (the HudMo era, y'know) with 'End Up' and its jungle-via-gospel flex, but 'Fast Life' boils over when it gets a little darker. Just skip to 'Captain' or 'Change That' two sample-heavy grime-crunk hybrids that mine an inkier seam, splicing staccato synth donks with beat-em-up screams and gut-twisting subs.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Another sidestep for Athens' always-on-point Heat Crimes, 'Fast Life' introduces under-the-radar Bristol-based rapper/producer (and occasional Klein collaborator) ThisisDA, positioning his genre-flexed experiments next to collaborations with Debmaster and Mimi Jones.
For the last 10 years at least, ThisisDA has been operating just beneath the surface of the UK rap underground, assembling a run of DIY solo releases and collaborating with everyone from Eyedress to London jazz/hip-hop collective SumoChief - he even accompanied Klein on a tour. 'Fast Life' surveys these experiences and reconciles his knowledge, knitting together various loose threads to present an idiosyncratic alt-rap experience that swerves confidently from the expected path. Nothing slots together too easily - there's a whiff of grime and jiggy rap on the jerky opener 'What I Said', but ThisisDA does things differently, layering light-headed Autotuned rhymes over his brittle, preset-heavy productions. "Should I act first, or wait my turn?" he wonders. "My main concern, bare bridges burned."
The mood lightens on 'Breakout', when ThisisDA croons over syrupy vocal loops and dusty pych-trap. Before it's over, the track shifts gear, forming around Jones' soulful croaks until it takes a completely different shape. It's hard to even spot direct comparisons here - DA sounds as if he's on his own journey, taking cues from self-made eccentrics from both sides of the Atlantic (Dizzee on the one hand and Chance the Rapper on the other). There's a nod to early Ye (the HudMo era, y'know) with 'End Up' and its jungle-via-gospel flex, but 'Fast Life' boils over when it gets a little darker. Just skip to 'Captain' or 'Change That' two sample-heavy grime-crunk hybrids that mine an inkier seam, splicing staccato synth donks with beat-em-up screams and gut-twisting subs.
Boomkat Product Review:
Another sidestep for Athens' always-on-point Heat Crimes, 'Fast Life' introduces under-the-radar Bristol-based rapper/producer (and occasional Klein collaborator) ThisisDA, positioning his genre-flexed experiments next to collaborations with Debmaster and Mimi Jones.
For the last 10 years at least, ThisisDA has been operating just beneath the surface of the UK rap underground, assembling a run of DIY solo releases and collaborating with everyone from Eyedress to London jazz/hip-hop collective SumoChief - he even accompanied Klein on a tour. 'Fast Life' surveys these experiences and reconciles his knowledge, knitting together various loose threads to present an idiosyncratic alt-rap experience that swerves confidently from the expected path. Nothing slots together too easily - there's a whiff of grime and jiggy rap on the jerky opener 'What I Said', but ThisisDA does things differently, layering light-headed Autotuned rhymes over his brittle, preset-heavy productions. "Should I act first, or wait my turn?" he wonders. "My main concern, bare bridges burned."
The mood lightens on 'Breakout', when ThisisDA croons over syrupy vocal loops and dusty pych-trap. Before it's over, the track shifts gear, forming around Jones' soulful croaks until it takes a completely different shape. It's hard to even spot direct comparisons here - DA sounds as if he's on his own journey, taking cues from self-made eccentrics from both sides of the Atlantic (Dizzee on the one hand and Chance the Rapper on the other). There's a nod to early Ye (the HudMo era, y'know) with 'End Up' and its jungle-via-gospel flex, but 'Fast Life' boils over when it gets a little darker. Just skip to 'Captain' or 'Change That' two sample-heavy grime-crunk hybrids that mine an inkier seam, splicing staccato synth donks with beat-em-up screams and gut-twisting subs.
Boomkat Product Review:
Another sidestep for Athens' always-on-point Heat Crimes, 'Fast Life' introduces under-the-radar Bristol-based rapper/producer (and occasional Klein collaborator) ThisisDA, positioning his genre-flexed experiments next to collaborations with Debmaster and Mimi Jones.
For the last 10 years at least, ThisisDA has been operating just beneath the surface of the UK rap underground, assembling a run of DIY solo releases and collaborating with everyone from Eyedress to London jazz/hip-hop collective SumoChief - he even accompanied Klein on a tour. 'Fast Life' surveys these experiences and reconciles his knowledge, knitting together various loose threads to present an idiosyncratic alt-rap experience that swerves confidently from the expected path. Nothing slots together too easily - there's a whiff of grime and jiggy rap on the jerky opener 'What I Said', but ThisisDA does things differently, layering light-headed Autotuned rhymes over his brittle, preset-heavy productions. "Should I act first, or wait my turn?" he wonders. "My main concern, bare bridges burned."
The mood lightens on 'Breakout', when ThisisDA croons over syrupy vocal loops and dusty pych-trap. Before it's over, the track shifts gear, forming around Jones' soulful croaks until it takes a completely different shape. It's hard to even spot direct comparisons here - DA sounds as if he's on his own journey, taking cues from self-made eccentrics from both sides of the Atlantic (Dizzee on the one hand and Chance the Rapper on the other). There's a nod to early Ye (the HudMo era, y'know) with 'End Up' and its jungle-via-gospel flex, but 'Fast Life' boils over when it gets a little darker. Just skip to 'Captain' or 'Change That' two sample-heavy grime-crunk hybrids that mine an inkier seam, splicing staccato synth donks with beat-em-up screams and gut-twisting subs.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Another sidestep for Athens' always-on-point Heat Crimes, 'Fast Life' introduces under-the-radar Bristol-based rapper/producer (and occasional Klein collaborator) ThisisDA, positioning his genre-flexed experiments next to collaborations with Debmaster and Mimi Jones.
For the last 10 years at least, ThisisDA has been operating just beneath the surface of the UK rap underground, assembling a run of DIY solo releases and collaborating with everyone from Eyedress to London jazz/hip-hop collective SumoChief - he even accompanied Klein on a tour. 'Fast Life' surveys these experiences and reconciles his knowledge, knitting together various loose threads to present an idiosyncratic alt-rap experience that swerves confidently from the expected path. Nothing slots together too easily - there's a whiff of grime and jiggy rap on the jerky opener 'What I Said', but ThisisDA does things differently, layering light-headed Autotuned rhymes over his brittle, preset-heavy productions. "Should I act first, or wait my turn?" he wonders. "My main concern, bare bridges burned."
The mood lightens on 'Breakout', when ThisisDA croons over syrupy vocal loops and dusty pych-trap. Before it's over, the track shifts gear, forming around Jones' soulful croaks until it takes a completely different shape. It's hard to even spot direct comparisons here - DA sounds as if he's on his own journey, taking cues from self-made eccentrics from both sides of the Atlantic (Dizzee on the one hand and Chance the Rapper on the other). There's a nod to early Ye (the HudMo era, y'know) with 'End Up' and its jungle-via-gospel flex, but 'Fast Life' boils over when it gets a little darker. Just skip to 'Captain' or 'Change That' two sample-heavy grime-crunk hybrids that mine an inkier seam, splicing staccato synth donks with beat-em-up screams and gut-twisting subs.
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