Ghostpoet's debut album released early in February of this year (2011), is nothing short of greatness. It's impossible to put this album into a genre. This guy is so creatively crafty with the way he's ventured through the different avenues of music. Dubbing himself "a lad with a lisp and some stories to tell", being born and bred on the gritty streets of Coventry, he paints a picture of how life is/was like over underwater, free-slowing, repetitive boom claps. This is the ISH to be listening to, when you knockin' back that ISH... ya feel me.



In this album of only 10 tracks he's spanned the worlds of hip-hop, trip-hop, dubstep, indie and all sorts. I've gotta admit... It's frikkkin GENIUS! Especially on his debut. He's even got Kano on the wave. Ghostpoet (Mike Skinner's favourite lyricist) and Kano (Jay-z's favourite UK MC) on the one track Cash and Carry Me Home (remix) at RedBull London Studios, courtesy of SoulCulture.Tv



 


The best track for me on here is Finished I Ain't. The production on this has sealed it for me, the sluggish simple beat, that creates visuals in your head of you getting a tour of his hometown around him. This is a big one for me.

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This album is composed of 9 eye-warming tracks. Psychedelic sounds wrapped around an electronica beat, which is the kinda stuff I like listening to when I want to just close my eyes and zone out to some noises lol.  If you've heard of Toro y moi... They sound sorta similar. Listening to it again now, (as I write this review) I see these being used as soundtrack for something like a rave on the moon - all slow mo'. You know them videos where there's people partying and there's just strobe lights attacking your iris... Them kind.

The track on the album for me is "Odessa". I'm sure if you enjoy your football and have played FIFA 11, you'd recognise this track.

This is how I've been the past 5 days or so,
my headphones stuck on, plugged in to my iTunes,
speaking in lyrics,
walking to beats,
chewing to claps,
and bathing in time to track length.

No cut-eyes or screwface though... It's been lovely jubbly.

I've been listening to alot of stuff lately both old and new, and out of each album/EP /mixtape, I've been sussing out favourites and sorting them into playlists, getting them ready for The Big Sync.

 
I said on my Twitter (@bobonova) that I'd blog about what I've been listening to. So what I'm going to do with the next set of posts titled: