Zip Lock Music "Extra Grams"

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Zip Lock Music Review

"Extra Grams"

10/9/2014

Zip Lock Music "extra grams"

https://ziplockmusic.bandcamp.com/

The lineage of west coast artists residing up and down the golden coast has been directly influenced by the life the individuals live and the relationships they have with the world around them. You do not merely tune in, you become tuned in. Zip Lock has their pulse to the concrete and their heat to the substance in more ways then one. Their recently released project "Extra Grams" is an in your face directive of what they are, where they are from, and what they are bringing to the world around them.

Creating raw grain work, with creative engineering, and bars with the backing of blunt force trauma; the feels are felt exactly as play is struck. The fusion of multiple vocal deliveries, precise ideology, and a no bullshit mentality it's cut and rolled tightly. "Salute to tha camp" & "We comin'" give you a first hand insight to what each member is addressing to the listener, group, and track; you're granted a translucent imagine of what you'll be receiving on a standard level.

Off the top, don't get confused that they're giving you a quick pin pointed sound though, it's tiered. Mixing genres and styles you can see that there's more strains to what's rapped. The transitioning from "Usual Suspects" to "Be free" leave you verbally assaulted and slammed to the ground aggressively to being uplifted and guided right back up.

"Trying to have a positive outlook but sick as I am it won't be long before I'm kicking a can...We ain't the usual suspects." -Digi

"Stop trying to be fly motha' fucka be free... free... free"

It's Pit bull terrier shook lines with the adaption of transfer students first day enrolled. Going from aggression,to inception, to perception, to expression there's a cohesive subject matter which is diverse enough to keep multiple demographics engaged and captivated. It pulls a listener back to the 90's when hip-hop/rap had real grimy cats who actually lived what they portrayed and at the same time gave you the knowledge that they also wanted to show you the human aspect of who they were teamed with what they wanted for themselves/peers. It's music you can drive to, get high to, fight to, and live life to all at the same time.

"Welcome to California it's the Motha' Fucking W." -Headake

"See Nothin" Is heavy set sound resounding with every bass hit. A west coast track you could slap down the block eject from the deck and put right back on in the party and crack a forty open to. An aggressive statement track not needing to say more than what it is; "You ain't see nothin."

"I rolled up like I'm late, like fuck it let em wait." - Prolix

Track to track while listening to the project myself and peers each had our own personal favorites, "Breathe" is mine. An off route slow tracked targeting personal insights which relate to many yet are individual at the same time. Simplicity in a complex manner; "Must be tripping myself out got to many thoughts in my head must be tripping myself out." The conceptual ideal that most problems which arise are blown to higher proportion due to our own minds fueling the mental fire smoldering, "Breathe" is an organic track which vocalizes life to many whom are stuck running a mental gambit which is created even more complex by the individual alone.

"All stressing, questioning on what I care about.... pray to God as he prepares the route."

-Feo

Transitioning from "Breathe" to "Let em' know" had me smiling, as simple as that. I had a coy smile across my face listening to creatively crude lines next to a unknown female in a coffee shop. I turned and told her I was writing for a hip-hop website and asked her if I could address her with a question, she approved."So I'm writing on a group and the line that just played was, "First name Jonathon... klonopin and E pills got her titties hot...and her booties more crooked than a city cop." She smiled and laughed a bit under her breath so I cut her off and said that was the perfect answer.

Over all from start to finish "Extra Grams" was eight tracks I listened through without thought of hitting the next button. A rugged mixture of music spanning from sub block to sub block, raw rap to hip hop.

*Side note these cats Digi and Sol killed me with these;

"Skinny dude with the abalone." -Digi

"Hoes with me in the video dance like Ol' Diddy." -Sol

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-JP 

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