This is a time for change. Not just in the political arena, but in entertainment as well. After a decade of decaying hip-hop music, someone has to say "enough". Enter The Zodiac and his new release, Survival Scrolls. Change has finally come to your MP3 and CD players in the form of 18 well-produced, lyrically-insightful, and dominating tracks sure to enlighten the most hungry and avid hip-hop listener.
The Zodiac, born Brent Whiting, has been putting out underground hip-hop music for over a decade. The releases of the past albums, Zeta Omicron Delta and JUNEXIIITH only touched on surfaces of what The Zodiac was capable of rhyming and producing. Survival Scrolls is more complete than any other project ever released from The Zodiac and is guaranteed to get a response from anyone listening for a distinctive sound. In this day-and-age where hip-hop music is at a critical low, The Zodiac counteracts the dance-tracks and ringtone rappers with thought-provoking and head-nodding tracks that will leave the user rewinding and replaying.
The bass-driven Intro and Outro is voiced by The Zodiac's former Black InQ co-founding partner, Manchild, where he delivers a synopsis of the CD's title in powerful spoken word format. The intro is followed by "Deeper" where The Zodiac is interviewed by an unchallenging interviewer. After that is the gothic-toned "Cloud 9", whose title is opposite of the entire feel of the song. The Zodiac even touches on today's issues facing the youth on "We Promise You A Brighter Future" and forces hypocrites and wrongdoers to face the mirror in "I Hate What I Saw". Fellow respected underground rappers, singers, and friends are toasted in "Will & Testament" as well as some zoetry in the first half of the hype track "Alone". The very self-destructive ringtone rapper syndrome is put to the test in "Rewind This" as well as it's very haunting remix. Add in the addicting hook and life-and-death story of "Don't Put Me In The Ground" and you have an album worth your time to listen.
Survival Scrolls is The Zodiac's first fully self-produced release where every track (minus the infectious jazzy Bunny remix of "ZO-DI-AC") was layered to specifics matching each rhyme pattern. Yes. Change is on the horizon and at the top of the pinnacle is The Zodiac's Survival Scrolls. |
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