Baltimore area rapper, Height (w/friends), brings tight samples, beats, and lyrics back to indie rap. Part of Dan Deacon’s Wham City scene, Height delivers his raps through deliberate pacing of his words on Baltimore Highlands. I don’t have much to describe them other than I can’t stop playing this album. I get reminded of Why? and the Beastie Boys (obvious white rappers comparison here) with the way the whole album comes together, a definite old-school throwback. I’ve been waiting for something new on the hip hop tip for quite some time and as you’ll see with, “The Woods,” the music on this album is a treat to the ears. Buy it here.
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