DJ Hanibal

LIFE CYCLES' "City Of Rust" is a mellow affair that's got a jazzy, late-'90s indie sound down pat. DJ Hanibal provides turntable support to the trade-offs of MCs Joshua Jay and Burn One's sober, hand-to-mouth everyman observances. The first thing that came to mind when I checked City of Rust: Philly's Mountain Brothers (the underrated crew CHOPS was in before he was making beats for Young Jeezy and Bun B). Life Cycle have a good thing going with their distinctive sound-bed and ground-level perspective. If you're looking for some brand-new local hiphop, City of Rust is a great place to start. - {LARRY MIZELL JR.} ~ (Thestranger.com) __________________________________________________________
All praise to DJ HANIBAL, the wizard behind the tables—and the curtain... DJ Hanibal twice served deck duty, warming up the crowd in the backroom by dusting off classics such as Goodie Mob’s “Cell Therapy,” and, later, as turntablist-in-chief for Life Cycle, a Tacoma-born, Seattle-based hiphop group comprised of, besides Hanibal, brothers (the blood kind) Burn One and JoshuaJ. This month’s installment of the soiree was the trio’s CD release party for their debut City of Rust, an album so fun it makes you want to head to the beach and smack a big girl on her bottom. It has its serious moments, too, but it’s free from patina of age-related disease its title suggests. Life Cycle takes you to a happy place. - {KEVIN CAPP} ~ (SeattleWeekley.com) __________________________________________________________
DJ HANIBAL won us over when he played Snoop and Dre's "Nuthin But A G-Thang," which we'd coincidentally just finished reminiscing about with our show-going companion. - {Katelyn Hackett} ~ (Seattlest.com)