Review: Blakroc - Blakroc

Meshing together Hip-Hop emceeing with the music of blues-rock duo The Black Keys, former Roca-A-Fella co-founder Dame Dash just might of tapped into yet another bankable rap sub genre with the release of 'Blakroc'...

Short, but surprisingly sweet, this eleven track collaborative effort wastes little time smacking you in the face with sweeping, hypnotic grooves and penetrating, laid back guitar rhythms. Akron, Ohio natives Dan Auerbach and John Carney yet again prove their ambidexterity as the overall instrumentation on 'Blakroc' emanates beautifully, and at times even subtly quells some of it's lackluster performers. The superlative translation of Hip-Hop production in a bluesy, Rock N' Roll manner and some of Auerbach's noted singing chops all appealed mightily, but there were drawbacks...



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