One-time Pitchfork.com columnist, Cadence Weapon’s sophomore session, Afterparty Babies, is made for the “hip-hop hipster” – so says the scribe himself. With dance worthy beats and lyrical references only the iGeneration would understand, Afterparty Babies is a hip-hop record by a club kid and offers a fresh perspective on an increasingly tired genre. And what’s more impressive – Afterparty Babies was released on Epitaph Records imprint Anti.
On “Do I Miss My Friends,” Cadence laments the arduous task of hunting down lost homies on Friendster and the difficulty of rhyming to “peculiar timing.” “In Search of the Youth Crew” is Bassment Jaxx styled bouncy club music, or breakbeats meet cheap synths at a warehouse party with a $5 cover and all the Sparks you can stomach.
Gamers will all get down to “Limited Edition OJ Slammer” with its 8-bit arcade groove. “Getting Dumb” is more Daft Punk than De La Soul – and that just about sums up Cadence Weapon right there. “House Music” – same shit; dance-ready Beauty Bar beats for the scene queen and her skinny-jeaned cohorts
In all, Cadence Weapon is hip-hop for the American Apparel generation. Afterparty Babies speaks to stargazers and the stars-in-their-own-eyes, the Myspace whores and Cobra Snake-spotted C-list celebrities who dream of life in Williamsburg, BK.
Now don’t get it twisted – ain’t shit wrong with a little dance in your rap, or a little hipster in your hip-hop for that matter. Afterparty Babies is an evolution in hip-hop, a scene sadly stuck waiting for punctuated equilibrium, and emcee Cadence Weapon is an original voice in a genre that seems to have lost its.
Found this pretty dope interview with Cadence Weapon on YouTube.com, check it out:
mp3: "The New Face of Fashion"
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cadenceweapon
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