Have been listening to heaps of new music lately, so I will list some here.

My favourite so far has to be the new Roots album How I got over. It’s got some real melodic hooks into it, as well as the usual awesome Black Thought flows (plus numerous other MC’s). Killer tracks are the opener Walk Alone and the club banger Right On which is all over bNet radio in NZ..

Other albums of late, Salmonella Dub’s new one Freak Controller. Better then their last one, still missing Tiki bad, but slightly improved guest vocals and some real nice instrumentals. Best track is ‘bombastic’ which reminds me of inside the dub plates era. They finally found a horn section again too which is great. 

Then there is Damian Marley and Nas, there album has been been a long time coming after previous collaborations such as Road to Zion. You kind of feel Nas is the one who has had to change his style on this and Damien comes across as a little one-dimensional. Still a great listen, and well produced by Stephen Marley. Best tracks are ‘Tribal War’ and opener ‘As we enter.’

Next is Big Boi’s (Outkast) first solo album Sir Lucious Left Foot: The son of Chico Dusty. The album is a bit all over the show like the album title, but does hit a few sweet spots, and he does have good tempos in his rhymes. Heaps of guest MC’s round out the album: Raekwon, Khujo and of course Andre 3000. Stand out track is Tangerine.

Finally a change of tempo, Wolfmother’s album Cosmic Egg. These guys have been around a while, but have a simple but effective sound and are worth a listen on a good stereo. I won’t make a comparison to who the singer sounds like, I am sure you would get my drift if you heard them and know your rock history. Favourite track New Moon Rising. Boom!