DECA Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Contemporary New York hip-hop once again gets a run for its money with Deca's 'Smoking Gun', the latest artistic statement from the rapper and producer. Dealing thematically with the life of an artist grappling and wrestling ferociously with a bonkers nation in which failed social services, populist rhetoric and backwards thinking have become the norm, this is a clever and defiant LP from a musician dedicated to his craft, no matter the cost. Tracks such as 'St. America' describe the country as an "inhospitable and eerie environment" in which massive scams and masterplans full of "parasites trying to find a host to sink their fangs" sum up the rightfully anti-neoliberal, deftly lyrical stance of this LP. It certainly marks a shift away from the 'C.R.E.A.M' era; Deca is a voice for the hip-hop that eagerly seeks to watch capitalism crash and burn.