This is the 4th full-length solo album from Copenhagen, Denmark emcee & producer Sicknature. Coming up as a member of the revered German production team Snowgoons, he’s also been showcasing his talents on the mic for nearly 18 years starting with The Outbreak as well as Honey I’m Home & my personal favorite: Nature of the Contaminated. But with the 10-year anniversary of the latter approaching this fall & fully producing The Colossus of GOATs for Napoleon da Legend roughly 5 months ago, the Danish extraordinaire is looking to make a comeback why vividly portraying Paintings of a Withering Forest.
Dette er det 4. fuldlængde soloalbum fra København, Danmark emcee & producer Sicknature. Som medlem af det ærede tyske produktionshold Snowgoons, har han også vist sine talenter på mikrofonen i næsten 18 år, startende med The Outbreak samt Honey I’m Home & min personlige favorit: Nature of the Contaminated. Men med 10-års jubilæet for sidstnævnte nærmer sig dette efterår og fuldt ud producerede The Colossus of GOATs for Napoleon da Legend for cirka 5 måneder siden, søger den danske ekstraordinær at gøre comeback, hvorfor den levende portrætterer Paintings of a Withing Forest.
“A Few Good Paintings” is a piano boom bap opener to the album discussing leaving the past in the past whereas “Dynahmite Harry” works in some heavy kicks & snares talking about how explosive his shit be whether it be his lyrics or his production work. “Plastic Sun” acknowledges that the titular object won’t give you any vitamins with the instrumental kinda giving off a DJ Premier influence which isn’t a bad thing, but then “Street Dance Records” talks about needing more records over a horn-inflicted boom bap beat.
“A Few Good Paintings” er en pianoboom bap-åbner til albummet, der diskuterer at forlade fortiden i fortiden, hvorimod “Dynahmite Harry” arbejder i nogle tunge spark og snarer og taler om, hvor eksplosivt hans lort er, uanset om det er hans tekster eller hans produktionsarbejde . “Plastic Sun” anerkender, at titelobjektet ikke vil give dig nogen vitaminer, og det instrumentale afgiver en slags DJ Premier-påvirkning, hvilket ikke er en dårlig ting, men så taler “Street Dance Records” om, at der skal flere plader over et horn- påført boom bap beat.
On the other hand, “Little Mermaids” weaves some more keys with kicks & snares telling the story of a quiet girl in one of his classes that actually used to be a prom queen leading into “A Nonfiction Story” recalling the 1998 Roskilde festival keeping it in boom bap territory as far as sound goes. “Rewinding the Tape” has a more solemn tone to it sincerely apologizing for getting shit so fucked up just before “Road Walk” vulnerably talks about not looking back because he knows where’s been.
På den anden side væver “Little Mermaids” nogle flere nøgler med spark og snarer, der fortæller historien om en stille pige i en af hans klasser, der faktisk plejede at være en promdronning, der førte ind i “A Nonfiction Story”, der minder om Roskilde-festivalen i 1998. det i boom bap-territorium, hvad lyden angår. “Rewinding the Tape” har en mere højtidelig tone i sig, der oprigtigt undskylder for at blive lort så fucked lige før “Road Walk” sårbart taler om ikke at se sig tilbage, fordi han ved, hvor han har været.
The penultimate track “Lonely Den” brings back the pianos encouraging to come on over to the titular spot because they got better songs & finally to round out the album, we have Sicknature appropriately doing everything he can in his might to “Brush Off” any distractions & encouraging everyone else who may be listening to do the same with another Premier-inspired instrumental backing him.
Det næstsidste nummer “Lonely Den” bringer klavererne tilbage og opmuntrer til at komme videre til titelpladsen, fordi de fik bedre sange og endelig for at runde albummet af, har vi Sicknature på passende vis gjort alt, hvad han kan i sin magt for at “Brush Off” enhver distraktioner og opmuntring af alle andre, der måske lytter, til at gøre det samme med en anden Premier-inspireret instrumental, der støtter ham.
Nature of the Contaminated gives me a lot of high school junior year memories (particularly “Violent Rage” featuring the Heavy Metal Kings) so considering that it’s been nearly a decade since he went solo, I wasn’t sure if this day was ever gonna come & I’m glad it did. The concept of this one is more personal than what he’s done in the past as he puts a more melodic spin on the traditional boom bap sound we know & love.
Nature of the Contaminated giver mig en masse minder om gymnasiet (især “Violent Rage” med Heavy Metal Kings), så i betragtning af, at det er næsten et årti siden, han gik solo, var jeg ikke sikker på, om denne dag nogensinde ville komme til at ske. kom & jeg er glad for det gjorde. Konceptet med denne er mere personligt end hvad han har gjort tidligere, da han sætter et mere melodisk spin på den traditionelle boom bap-lyd, vi kender og elsker.
Score: 3.5/5
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