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Candidt’s Sweatsuit & Churchshoes, one of the Northwest region’s most expansive-sounding hip-hop albums of recent memory (read the SSG Music album review, here), achieved something the majority of contemporary rap albums fail to do: successfully construct a bridge from hip-hop’s past to its present day. Candidt rooted his 21-track salute deep in his old school sensibilities, but also managed to freshen up the West Coast sound with his left-of-center flow and versatile production choices.
A SEATTLE HIP-HOP BLOG 