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Showing posts with label REVIEWS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label REVIEWS. Show all posts
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Hip Hop Chronicle Review (NOVEMBER 2012)
The adjective “beautiful” is rarely connected with anything musical, never mind speaking specifically within the Hip-Hop world, so when it was the word of choice to summarise M9’s upcoming album “Magna Carta” I surprised myself. Don’t confuse the aforementioned statement with doubt, there’s no question that Magna Carta (Great Charter in Latin) is without a doubt one of the most soulful, heartfelt and honest pieces of music I’ve heard in a long time. With this comes great risk, however M9 has clearly taken a brave, yet truthful approach to Magna Carta and I’m pleased to say it couldn’t have turned out any better.
To read further click here: http://www.hip-hopkings.com/2012/11/m9-magna-carta/
Hip Hop Kings Review (NOV 2012)
The adjective “beautiful” is rarely
connected with anything musical, never mind speaking specifically within
the Hip-Hop world, so when it was the word of choice to summarise M9’s
upcoming album “Magna Carta” I surprised myself. Don’t confuse the
aforementioned statement with doubt, there’s no question that Magna
Carta (Great Charter in Latin) is without a doubt one of the most
soulful, heartfelt and honest pieces of music I’ve heard in a long time.
With this comes great risk, however M9 has clearly taken a brave, yet
truthful approach to Magna Carta and I’m pleased to say it couldn’t have
turned out any better.
Magna Carta is a no-compromise piece of
art that stands strong in a league of its own, with the team of
producers and guest features who have been brought into the project
contributing positively to the record. The likes of Triple Darnkess, Roc
Marciano and Madame Pepper lend their vocal talents on a number of
tracks, while U.K heavyweight Jehst, Anatomy and 7th Dan amongst others
are responsible for the production of the music. M9 has carefully
selected the artists who he’s worked with, and once again got it
absolutely right.
To read further click here: http://www.hip-hopkings.com/2012/11/m9-magna-carta/
What Culture review ( OCTOBER 2012)
Two words kept ringing through my head while listening to M9′s “Magna Carta” and it’s the thing that had me going back to it again and again. “Old School.”
It’s been a while since I’ve heard a hip hop album that was so laid back and pitch perfect in its goal that it’s very refreshing. There’s so much going on here, it’s quite fun. Wherever he’s getting his inspiration I’m not 100% certain, but it’s some good, powerful stuff. The album as a whole has a very chill vibe. If I were having friends over or looking to just kick it on a weekend night, or even just to take a drive let go, these would be my jams. This feels like the stuff I grew up with. There’s a slow, smooth jazz vibe that sets the tone for the whole album and lets you know what you’re in store for.
If a hip hop album can relax you successfully, it’s a rare thing. And what it benefits most from is the fact that it’s M9′s debut LP. A lot of the time, but no always, an artist takes their first full length album as an opportunity to really communicate and say something important. One of the concluding tracks, “Colour Blind”, stands out as an incredibly moving and important track about human nature, about the misdeeds we do that can hurt those around us or, on the flip side, the good deeds we can perform to lift others up. Considering the title of the album is “Magna Carta”, it’s safe to say he’s not holding anything back when it comes to declaring how he feels about the world around him. As a result, no track is lifeless and no moment is wasted as theme takes precedent. When an artist understands how to weave emotion and meaning into an album successfully while simultaneously making it one of the more enjoyable hip hop records of the year, that’s quite a feat.
To read more click here: http://whatculture.com/music/melanin-9-magna-carta-album-review.php
Black Sheep review (OCT 2012)
Lyrically dense and
descriptively vivid, U.K rapper Melanin 9 is a talented artist in an era
where the art form is left to a few brave souls to fly a flag that’s a
bit tatty and dog-eared , with many of its former fans now listening to
dubstep. With hip-hop diluted to a corporate sound bite, a cereal box
ad, a sexualised Barbie doll or just a throwaway commodity, Melanin 9’s
takes things back to the essence- paying respect to the art form that
he’s chosen to work with, but giving it that dog-shit soiled,
grey-cracked pavement, foggy and dull &
To read further click: http://www.blacksheepmag.com/reviews/album-reviews/item/3588-melanin-9
Review by Oliver Arditi (OCT 2012)
" Magna Carta is a world." Oliver Arditi
To Read more click here: http://oliverarditi.com/2012/10/13/melanin-9-magna-carta-hip-hop/
To Read more click here: http://oliverarditi.com/2012/10/13/melanin-9-magna-carta-hip-hop/
HYPE MAGAZINE REVIEW (NOV 2012)
Melanin 9
There are few UK emcees that can cause the lyrical destruction of a
rather powerful tornado than this man Shyheim aka M9 or Melanin 9. He’s
been on the London circuit for a minute gaining huge amounts of kudos
from the hip-hop game in London and abroad opening for such global
hip-hop names like Redman, GhostfaceKillah, Method Man and Styles P.To read more click here: http://www.hypemagazine.co.za/columns/atstreetlevel-5
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Melanin9 - Magna Carta (Pre-Order Snippets)
EXCLUSIVE! Snippets from Melanin9's new album Magna Carta dropping Oct 2012, Featuring Roc Marciano, Madame Pepper and his crew Triple Darkness. Production from Jehst, Anatomy, HeyZues, Parental, Ohbliv & Tony Mahoney. Album is also available to Pre-Order NOW, so if you can please support the cause.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
BBC MUSIC - M9 144,000 REVIEW
BBC Music - M9 144,000 Review"This is a record that wears its dark heart quite literally on its sleeve"
Angus Taylor 2008-11-07
The campaign to return hip hop to weightier issues continues with this defiantly gloomy and wordy effort from East London MC, sometime Triple Darkness member and Malachi Z acolyte, M9. The M stands for Melanin, a key motif in Dr Z's Nuwaupian teachings, while the title of his album 144,000 refers to the 12,000 members of each of the 12 tribes of Israel as mentioned in the book of Revelation. If you enjoy being schooled on a variety of subjects with your music, this album’s curriculum is as packed as they come.
In addition to their more numinous ingredients, the lyrics exhibit a keen interest in science, during Dark Matter and Table Of Elements, as well as the arts and humanities throughout Paint Brush. A mystical world of ancient scripture and eschatological prediction is contrasted with the harsh here and now of life in the protagonists' district of "Crackney" cast as a place of poverty neglect and myriad petty disappointments. Crucially, unlike some other underground artists (whose rejection of mainstream hip hop masks the uncomfortable truth that mainstream hip hop wouldn't have them) the capabilities of M9 and his Triple Darkness affiliates Cyrus Malachi and Nasheron are impressive to say the least. Some of the beats - by Chemo, Beat Butcha and John Phonics – take their inspiration from the jazz loops and hi frequency noises formula of Premier; many are strewn with spoken word samples such as the Easy Andy scene in the film Taxi Driver.
At a hefty 18 tracks, the unrelenting grimness and didacticism of these tales and revelations may wear on the uninitiated. That said, you can't deny the proficiency on display, and, since this is a record that wears its dark heart quite literally on its sleeve, if you buy it expecting something different, you have only yourself to blame.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
BritishHipHop.co.uk M9 High Fidelity Review
BritishHipHop.co.uk M9 High Fidelity Review M9 has been sat in my backlog of reviews, but I'm sorry that this has been the case as this boys skills are ridiculous. He has an intense rhyming style that takes no prisoners. Melanin 9 breathes new life into a genre that has seemingly been entering its last days.
Apparently he is part of the Triple Darkness click comprising Cyrus Malachi and Nasheron and can be heard on the Phalanx Heresy stuff as well. M9 has a complex flow that has the intricacies of say, a Jehst, but also has a deep gravity and verities that gives him a harder edge. Interline rhyme schemes abound amongst gritty street reportage along side examinations of the Illuminate and instructions for surviving the grimy streets.
M9 is obviously well schooled with A1 influences and an educated mind that is able to impart knowledge of the ancients whilst making it relevant to today. M9’s flow is absolutely unstoppable and he keeps up the vibe throughout the 16 track album. Each track follows on quickly from the previous one giving the listener little time to take it all in. In fact to take it all in you’ll need to give this a few listens.
The LP kicks off with a multi layered and deceptively mellow intro which is laced with a funky bass and a variety of poignant vocal samples. The first words we hear are ‘High Fidelity’ which perversely come on a track which has an annoying electrical buzz in the recording. Regardless the track is fat and also introduces us to the other Triple Darkness MCs who guest on this.
Lock And Load has a perfect bass line which intermingles with the drums and the vocal flow for a hard hitting head nodder. It is had to point to stand out tracks, but you have to be feeling the sheer harshness of Holy Water which features Phoenix Da IceFire, or the piano riffed The Generation Gap which follows directly.
The double paced rapping of 4 Souls demonstrates how M9 can seemingly get his spits out without breathing. One of the few easier going tracks is Last Dayz, but this still tries to open your eyes to some serious issues.
Chemo has produced several of the beats on here and he is certainly making a name for himself with his top notch beats and superb mixdowns. Beat Butcha also provides a beat or two, so you just know that the beats are going to be obese. Mostly mid tempo bangers they are made to sound more frantic due to the barrage of words from M9.
Overall this is a tremendous LP which hits with a lot more energy and vibrancy than many of the offerings I have heard recently. Yeah, it must be hard for M9 to perform live and remember all his lines, but on wax he stands out from the pack and I'll be checking for him in the future.
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