Slam poets making records is always a tricky business if you ask me. Too often the records end up sounding unfocused and undone. Poets choosing to read their poems over some kind of a musical soundscape and they're happy calling themselves musicans. Luckily enough there are also those who have true talent, both when it comes to the poetry side and the musical part. I guess in someway it's an respect for different kind of art forms, and just because you're good at one doesn't mean you are good at others.
Australian Slam Poetry champion Luka Lesson however is one of those guys who is good at both, and he's showing it with the album Please Resist Me. Here we get a mix of both pure poetry tracks as well as real hip hop joints, all held together by Luka's great flow and inspirational and amazing lyrics.
One thing makes it a bit difficult though when it comes to putting a rating on the album. If I were to take each individual track and grade them they would all get 7s and 8s. But unfortunately the mix of pure spoken word and hip hip tracks makes the album feeling a bit scattered unfortunately. Maybe if he had divided this onto 2 separate records it would have felt more solid. Definitely worth checking out though if you want to listen to an intelligent young man with important as well as beautiful things to say.
Rating: 7.5/10
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