Tuesday, December 21, 2010

#1 Little Eskimo Jesus - Never Trust the People



Ira Lee and mattr. Collectively known as Little Eskimo Jesus literally blew my mind this year with their debut album Never Trust the People. This was exactly the kind of album that I'd been waiting for the last few years. The true combination of amazing, strong and human lyrics combined with the best production in a long while. Ira Lee really rips his heart and soul out on this album and talks about family, human weaknesses at the same time as he can kick the most absurd and entertaining lyrics on other tracks. It's great to see a guy who is the complete antithesis of a braindead emcee with nothing but boring macho braggadocio to show off. And mattr.s production is simply amazing. He is one of those guys who can invoke all kinds of emotions with just a few notes, and on this album he's doing it over and over again. He is without a doubt my absolute favourite producer of 2010. The follow up to Never Trust the People comes out in the beginning of 2011, and if it's anywhere half as good you'll be reading about it in my countdown at the end of next year.

Ira Lee:
"My top musical event of the year: The squat we played in Paris had a red carpet. It is the 'first show in Paris' experience every young musician dreams of.
Album of the year: The Die Antwoord and Jónsi albums. Really great stuff.
Favorite song: anything by Canadian rapper Drake. Pure comedy.
Favorite video: the Big Booty Bitches YouTube video by the two middle aged black guys. Link"

 

2 comments:

eatmyears said...

Ja, den här förtjänar sin plats i alla fall. Jag personligen fastnade inte så hårt för detta album som du gjorde men jag hör att det är bra och jag gillar det skarpt. Kanske jag förstår storheten snart.
Jag tror att det som stör mig lite är att det är så mycket återanvända texter.. Även fast det är bättre än originalen kanske.

Kul att Ira Lee känner att Die Antwoord har släppt det starkaste albumet i år. Jag är svag för vissa låtar men det är mest för humorns skull.

michael said...

Det är väldigt många återvända texter, men jag tycker som sagt att dessa nyversioner piskar dom gamla.

Ja, det var lite kul :) Jag tyckte Die Antwoord-plattan var rätt skoj men inget jag orkade lyssna för mycket till i längden