Blaq Poet — Scribes EP

Okay, this is a good example of effort outside its time. Blaq Poet here seems to have fallen behind in the late eighties / early nineties. If the production's sometimes good, fairly decent in its generic jazzy, lo-fi, skeletal and sometimes bouncy rhythms, the lyrics are still gangsta, trivial, too simple and Blaq Poet delivers speaking, never inspired. "Put It Down" has the merit of possessing an exquisite light, skeletal and bouncy, dope jazzy boom bap; the hook is left to a sample that repeats the title in loop, this is enough to make the tune stand out as the best of the EP.

Side note: impossible to understand why towards the end of each track, he decides to put a new skeletal rhythm for a few seconds, it's not so necessary. 5/10.