Just got turned on to this cat Y-Love out of Brooklyn. Born in Baltimore, dude converted to Orthodox Judaism at a young age, grew up listening to punk rock and metal but got turned on to hip-hop while studying the Talmud in Israel of all places. Getting mad love all over the planet, Y-Love garners comparisons to great politically minded emcees like Immortal Technique, Mos Def and Talib Kweli and rhymes in English, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin. Born Yitzchak Jordan, Y-Love won the 2006 Jewish Music Award for Best Hip-Hop, receiving more votes than Matisyahu. Shit!
Three tracks below. "New Disease" has a beat that reminds me of Anti-Pop Consortium, rhyme style is pretty raw but shows promise. "Bring it on Down" is straight electro jam, dance-party ready for sure. "State of the Nation" rocks a dope, noodling keyboard melody.
Read more about Y-Love in this great interview at Broowaha.com. Really interesting interview, especially where he talks about the significance of rhyming in Aramaic. He breaks it down and says Aramaic was the street lingo of Jews living in exile, the first non-holy language essentially.
mp3: "New Disease"
mp3: "Bring it on Down"
mp3: "State of the Nation"
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ylove
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