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Goods news for fans of Sportn’ Life lead dog Fatal Lucciauno: his 2007 SnL debut, The Only Forgotten Son, is available free of monetary encumbrances for a short five days only. Click here, above or below to grab it now. And go here to read what 206UP.COM had to say about his recent album, Respect.
Fatal Lucciauno
Respect
Sportn’ Life Records; 2012
Score (Potholes In My Blog scale): 4/5
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Fatal Lucciauno dropped his sophomore full-length, Respect, yesterday via Sportn’ Life Records. I won’t say much here since a full album review by me is coming soon (via Potholes In My Blog), except that this record is vastly different than what most fans of Seattle rap are used to. It’s underground as hell, but not in the skater/backpacker aesthetic that most hip-hop in the city trends toward.
Fatal’s is a perspective that Seattle likes to pretend doesn’t exist, the pathos of a man familiar to most through fictionalized accounts on HBO and sensationalized blather on the local news. Respect is realer, rawer and more vital than the status quo this city tries so hard to maintain. There’s dirt in your own backyard, Seattle. Shit that no amount of new food co-ops or neighborhood clean-up days can wipe clean.
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February 21 will mark the arrival of Respect, Fatal Lucciauno’s long-awaited follow-up to The Only Forgotten Son. Catch him live at Chop Suey on February 17 for the release party.
To tide you over, his label Sportn’ Life just dropped off this freebie: an 11-track EP called The Message, featuring production entirely by JakeOne. How often is it you get something totally free from the most in-demand Seattle producer in hip-hop? The answer is rarely. Get it above and below.
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“Big Bro” is the second drop from Fatal Lucciauno’s upcoming Respect (street date: February 21 on Sportn’ Life Records). Cliched rap terms like “thug poet” and “‘hood philosopher” get thrown around a lot these days, but I don’t know of any other MC in Seattle that fits the mold better than Fatal. In fact, I don’t know if Seattle has ever had a better representative to these classifications. Don’t take my word for it, though. Go ask an OG head.
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“Amazing” is the first single from Fatal Lucciauno’s next LP, Respect (dropping February 21). J. Pinder performs a guest shot and JakeOne handles the beat. In Seattle rap it doesn’t get much better than this.
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Fatal Lucciauno is one of Seattle hip-hop’s greatest communicators. Aside from being a great rapper, his flow is transport for a hulking emotional depth that escapes the grasp of most MCs. When he raps, you believe him. It’s been too long since his last project, 2007’s The Only Forgotten Son. “Warm Ups” is in advance of three projects in 2011, including his next full-length album, Respect.
Production collective, Tha Bizness recently unveiled their newest artist: an emcee by the name of Parker. His debut video for the single “Sky Music” is a nice soliloquy on making it in the industry. Born in the East and raised in the West, Parker has deep ties to the SEA but currently makes moves in the ATL — sound familiar, don’t it?
Dude has a nice rugged flow that’s reminiscent of other East Coast hardrocks, but on “Sky Music” he’s on a chilled-out vibe that registers classic West Coast nonchalance. Parker reminds me a bit of Fatal Lucciauno but without the prophetic thug doctrine. Definitely a promising artist to watch.
DJ Nphared quietly produced the best SEA hip-hop song of 2010. The Physics’ “Coronas On Madrona” was a breezy soulful anthem that expertly captured the laid-back vibe of a typical Seattle summer.
The Red October EP is a four-track freebie from Grynch’s favorite DJ and features a few Town heavyweights like Sol, Thig Nat, Fatal Lucciauno, and The King of Ballard himself. Click below for the download link.
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