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  • RP Boo 'I'll Tell You What!'

    Planet Mu Records

    RP Boo 'I'll Tell You What!'

    £11.99

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    Planet Mu Records

    RP Boo 'I'll Tell You What!'

    £11.99

    While notorious in the Chicago streets, RP Boo's music had been unfairly confined to a few white labels and self-released mixtapes until his two archival Planet Mu LPs Legacy and Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoe Prints introduced broader audiences to his sonic history, some of it fifteen years after it was first recorded.

    I'll Tell You What! is the next step in his mission, and the first time he's released an album of contemporary material. The title, a favorite maxim of his, welcomes listeners to sit down and let him narrate in the unforgettable abstract fashion he's known for. He explores familiar motifs such as the cosmos, movement, and opposition, using densely interwoven vocals, unpredictable percussion, and evil humming bass as his tools of choice.

    RP Boo's music doesn't follow the traditional rules that most compositions do. Layering decades of samples from yesteryear to the present over his commanding vocal cut-ups, he transports the listener to their own realm of the space-time continuum.

    The main difference between this record and his prior work is now we hear Boo tell new stories about preaching his gospel outside of Chicago, from his experiences frantically touring the globe over the last five years. The words 'things ain't been the same / since I hopped the plane' are repeated on top of engine sounds and rumbling bass on Flight 1235, a glorious paean to his new jet-setting adventures.

    The spirit of competition runs through RP's veins as much as blood does, something you can't unlearn when you've been making music for Chicago's footwork circuit as long as he has. The local culture has served as a shelter from the violence that has plagued the city, pitting kids against each other with their feet rather than weapons. On At War Boo reminds us 'we are at war in the streets', a double meaning to both the mayhem in this world and the sweetness of rivalry on the dance floor.

    Another battle-themed track Cloudy Back Yard, one of the spacier moments on this album, is an abstract on the state of footwork's home. Chicago remains the backyard of this artform even though it's left the porch and traveled to new neighborhoods worldwide.

    Back at home though, competition among the DJs and dancers continues, and as the man himself says, 'with all this hate, there's smoke, and it's cloudy'. I'll Tell You What! throws more than a few curveballs into the mix.

    Footwork has always borrowed from hip-hop, and many vocal tracks are almost condensed raps, dating back to the street chants pioneered on Dance Mania Records in the ghetto house days. On Bounty, Boo grabs the mic and brazenly lays down a full-on verse of terror over a thick atmosphere of his signature sweltering low-end and erratic Roland R-70 patterns.

    While he's most famous for his confrontational battle anthems, his melancholy moments are just as powerful. You get the best of both of those worlds on U-Don't No, with soulful samples finishing his own cocky sentences, one of the most elegant tracks RP has made to date.

    Deep Sole closes the record out, with the words 'It's always beautiful at the end' looping over waves of hypnotic synthesis, confidently looking death straight in the eyes.

    Tracklisting:
    Vinyl 2xLP

    Side A:
    1. No Body
    2. Back From The Future
    3. At War

    Side B:
    4. Cloudy Back Yard
    5. U-Don't know
    6. Earth's Battle Dance

    Side C:
    7. Work The Flow!
    8. Bounty
    9. Flight 1235 (ft. DJ Phil & Crossfire)

    Side D:
    10. U Belong
    11. Me 02 Wicked'Bu
    12. Deep Sole

    CD:
    1. No Body
    2. Back From The Future
    3. At War
    4. Cloudy Back Yard
    5. U-Don't know
    6. Earth's Battle Dance
    7. Work The Flow!
    8. Bounty
    9. Flight 1235 (ft. DJ Phil & Crossfire)
    10. U Belong 2 Me
    11. Wicked'Bu
    12. Deep Sole

    Release Date 06/07/2018
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  • RP Boo 'The Ultimate' - Cargo Records UK

    Planet Mu Records

    RP Boo 'The Ultimate'

    £11.99

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    Planet Mu Records

    RP Boo 'The Ultimate'

    £11.99

    RP Boo returns with 'The Ultimate RP Boo', showing off six brand new cuts that mix a range of styles with his vivid use of samples and improvised drum programming.

    'The Ultimate' kicks things off with a sliding synth riff that wouldn't sound out of place on a '91 Prodigy track with cut up rave vocal interjections over Bu's trademark pulsing bass.

    'Bang with the Funk' crushes the 1-2-3-4-5 Sesame Street song, chopping its samples into hard shapes.

    Things turn dark and minimal with 'The King' which features a sample from Fresh, with strange atonal tones playing off against spooky chords and a tactile bass.

    On the flipside 'What Am I?'pairs syncopated snares and 4/4 bass pulses while percussion bangs and shimmers over clipped diva refrains and anxious piano.

    'Bu'Moon' meshes together some pumping horn blurts and some old fashioned steamy synth wooshes that wouldn't feel out of place on a 50's sci-fi film into a relentless battle track.

    'Electric Energy' finishes the EP, sampling an unusual pop source and chopping them over pulsing half time subs that pitch up and down around slipping and sliding drum hits.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. The Ultimate
    2. Bang To The Funk
    3. The King

    Side B:
    1. What Am I?
    2. Bu'Moon
    3. Electric Energy
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