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Keep It Proper

by Samuel Otis

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On It Innit 02:51
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Outro 01:46

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It’s explosive albums like ‘Keep It Proper’ that remind us listeners how you don’t have to be from a certain part of the country, or follow a particular crowd to create a seriously heavy hip hop album. The musically diverse Samuel Otis; co-founder of Killamari Records, lead guitarist for Three Kings High and member of the South West hip hop crew Lowercase has proven his musical talents travel even further in the release of his self-produced debut solo album.

Presented by Killamari records ‘Keep It Proper’ offers listeners a varied selection of chilled but up tempo beats, with a fusion of boom bap, funk and elements of rock that are accompanied by lyrics crammed with good old fashioned west country charm. The album is weighted with influential sounds drawn from various genres that help explore the sub-genres of hip hop. ‘On It Innit’ offers a kicked back vibe with a thick layer of synth keyboard glazed on top that captures a real essence of Bernie Worrell with a pretty catchy chorus. ‘On the Other Hand’ delivers a true sound of soulful funk making it by far the best track off the album.The track again echoes a sound similar to Funkadelic, with its soulfully sung chorus and funk driven bass line.

Despite being so overloaded with funk, Otis is sure to keep to his ‘country boy’ roots in this track with a harmonica holding the track together. Tull Town takes a different turn from funk into a slightly more rock inspired beat accompanied by a ton of bravado from Rick Fury who takes to the mic to compare other artists rhymes to predictable jokes on penguin wrappers. ‘Evil Knievel’ is another track off this album that stands out as a favourite. Otis partners up with Chattabox to deliver some hard hitting bars with a playful story-teller flow on top of a dusty drum beat that captures the sound of stripped back classic boom bap with a chest-thumping funk bass riff.

‘Keep It Proper’ has been crafted to perfection by Otis and is loaded with summer vibes for the next few months ahead. Not only will you be left wanting to dissect every track to listen out for each sample used, but most importantly you will definitely want to play this album on repeat for quite some time. Make sure you get on this one straight away because I am genuinely excited about this album and you should be too. 5/5

-WORDPLAY MAGAZINE

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released March 13, 2014

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