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The genre has been around long enough now to have conventions and considering the sales numbers of rap records and related media, these conventions obviously work. Or do they? Familiarity breeds contempt, so the saying goes, and much of popular rap music now sounds awfully familiar. Beats, rhymes, samplingàall these elements have been around now for over twenty years and thereÆs a significant part of hip-hop that is now formulaic and repetitive. In the early days of rap, the entire freaking genre was about breaking up the norm. Now one pretty much has to go outside the boundaries of major label hip-hop to find true innovation anymore. With his new album Stereotype, Ghana-by-way-of-New York rapper Blitz the Ambassador has created a sound that truly pushes the boundaries of hip-hop beyond itÆs established conventions. Beginning with the arresting image of a boom box blowing itÆs own brains out on the album cover (check it and youÆll understand), Blitz serves notice that this is not your typical rap album. Like The Roots, Blitz employs live instrumentation on all his songs. But where The Roots draw from their rock and R&B background, Blitz expands the landscape by including the popular African musical styles of Highlife and Afrobeat as influences. Given his skills as a percussionist steeped in the musical stylings of his home country Ghana, Blitz is able to effectively weave these influences through his songs and create a sound that is nothing short of amazing. In an exclusive TBTS interview, Blitz discusses the origins of Stereotype: Stereotype was definitely a long process. It took 3 years to make. It came about because I decided that if I was gonna put something out there that was hip hop, then I was gonna challenge the status quo. I decided that I needed to put something different into the world, my individual contribution to hip hop music. The reason it took me so long is because I had to establish a new sound. I decided to go with the horns and live elements because that was my background. I grew up playing the djembe and hearing live music all the time. So I decided to take it to my roots. To make this album I drew from musical styles like afro beat and high life. It took a long time but I think that it was well worth it. People can hear the difference. When they hear the horns and the live instrumentation they know that this isnÆt a typical hip hop album. Stereotype opens with ôPreludeö, where Blitz serves notice that his music represents something larger than a set or a city. As he raps later in the album, ôYou got a city behind you, I got a continent.ö As the album goes forward BlitzÆs band, the talented Embassy Ensemble, gets plenty of opportunities to stretch their legs on tracks like ôSomething to Believeö and ôBreatheö. The horn arrangements have a definite Afrobeat sound, and Blitz discusses this sound and his own influences including Fela Kuti, who many consider to be the father of Afrobeat: The live instrumentation is always the first thing that sets me apart from 99% of hip hop artists. But honestly I donÆt even see myself as a hip hop artist. Yes, I rap, but my music is just as influenced by african musical styles as by hip hop. . . .[B]oth my music and my lyrics are influenced by my Ghanaian up-bringing and I think that is definitely something that separates me from the rest of the pack. . . .Fela has influenced my style probably more than any other single artist. My horn arrangement style comes from Fela. But not just his musical style influenced me. I was also, influenced by his ability to speak on current issues, and his ability to confront authority, and to speak on the things that he believed in. ThatÆs what Blitz the Ambassador is. The subject matter of Stereotype is as far-ranging as its musical influences. ôLoverÆs Remorseö provides a reggae backbeat to a story about a relationship gone sour. ôHomeö ruminates on the effects of death through a number of character explorations and ôNothing to Loseö creates a feeling of desperation through a repeated bass riff and lines like ôYou canÆt kill me without killing yourselfö. On the lead single, ôBreatheö, Blitz raps about the current state of hip hop, which he has strong opinions about: Right now, the state of rap music is embarrassing. I think the people heralded as the ôNextö are pretty metiocre. ItÆs become a who you know game instead of a what you know game. I think most rappers donÆt make it based on merit. But I also see opportunities in that, because I think people are asking more of artists today because so much mediocrity has crept in. But in reality, I donÆt even see myself as a rapper first. I am a musician and composer first and foremost. Rap just happens to be the verbal method I choose to express my ideas. The music is the heart and soul of what I do. ôGhetto Plantationö starts out with Spanish-style acoustic guitar and barrels forward with lines like ôIncarceration is the new plantationö. This song demonstrates the strongest political statements of the album, where Blitz laments that ôItÆs easier to build a monument than a movement.ö But donÆt make the mistake of thinking Blitz is all about dark topics. The next-to-last cut on the album, ôRemembering the Futureö, is the most hopeful and the most musically satisfying. Blitz raps about his struggles in getting his music out there and his ultimate confidence in his talent and art. The groove on this track just rolls and is supplemented by a jazz-style trumpet solo. The final part of the song lets the horns rip and serves as a fitting closing to such a diverse album. ôGoodbye Stereotypeö serves as a coda and finds Blitz rapping about how he started out as a young hip hop fan in Accra, Ghana. Despite his misgivings about the current state of rap music, itÆs obvious that Blitz is a fan and has great respect for hip hop. No less than Public EnemyÆs Chuck D, who he cites as one of the best MCÆs ever, has publicly backed BlitzÆs movement. Blitz discusses his other heroes: Rakim, Chuck D, and Big Daddy Kane. Those people invented the modern style of rhyme, especially Rakim. These guys made lyrics matter. Today we take the modern style of emceeing for granted. But without them, people like Nas and Kweli wouldnÆt exist. I appreciate Public Enemy for their ability to speak on politics, and social issues. I appreciate Kane for his style. He brought style and fashion to the game. These three guys represent very different styles of emcee, but they are all the best at what they do. TheyÆre the best ever. In short, I highly recommend Stereotype as one of the best albums of 2009. Blitz has certainly made his vision a reality on this record and heÆs proven himself as a singular talent. Apart from the musical arrangements on Stereotype, Blitz also wrote the musical score for the documentary ôBronx Princessö, which premiered this week on PBS. There arenÆt many rappers with the ability to write and perform instrumental music on this scale. Produced by û Blitz The Ambassador (tracks: 1-12), Ill Poetic (tracks: 7), Optiks (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) ░ ░ █▀▀█▀ ░░░░ ░░░ ██ ██ ░░ ░ ░░░ ░░ ▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄ ░ ▄▄ █ ▀▀ ░ ▄█▀▀█ ▄ ▀█ ▄▄█ ░░░ ▀ ▀███ ░ ████ ░░ ░ ░ ░ ░░░ █ ▄███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄ ░░ ░░░ █▄ █▀ ░░ ▄▄██▀▀▀▀██▄▄▄ ░ ▀▀▀▄▄ ░░░ ░▄ ░ ▀▀ █ ░ ▄███▓░ ░░ ▀███▄▄▄ ░░ ▀▀▀▀▄▄▄ ░░ ░░ █░ ░ █ ▄█▀▄██▄▄▄▄▄██████████████▄▄▄ ░ ░░▒██▄ ▄░░░░▒█ ░▒░ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄██████▀████▀███████████████████████▄▄░░░▒▒▓▓██▄ ▀█▒▓▓█ █▓░░░ ▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀░░ ░ ███████▄ ▀▀▀██████████████░░ ▄███████████▀▄▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀ ▄█▀██▀▒▒▒░░░░ ▀██▄ ▀████▄▄█▀████████▓░░ ░███████████▀░▓█▄▄▄ █ ▄█░ ▀▀█▒▒░░░ ░ ▀██▄▄▄ ██████████▓░░ ░▄██████████▓▀▀▓▓▓▓██ █▀█▄▄▄ ▀▀▄▄░░ ░ ▄ ▀ ▀▀▄▄▄ ▀███████░ ▄██▀██████████▒▒▒▒▓▓▀ ▀ █▄█ ███▄▄░░▀▀▄▄░░ ░ ▀ ░ ▀▀▄▄▀▀▀▀████████████▀███░░░▒▒▓▓██ ▄██████████▄▄ ░░▀█▀▀▄░ ░░▀▀█▄▄ ████▀▀▀▀▀ ░ ░░░░▄██▄▀▀ ██░▓██▄▀████████▀ ▄░░ ▀▄▄▄ ░ ░░▄▄█▀ █▀▀ ░░ ░░▄██▀ ▀▀▄ ▀▓██▄▀▀███▓░ ▀█▄▄▄░░ ▀▀▄▄ ▄▄▄▀███▀ ░ ░░░███ ▀▀▄▄▀███▄▄▀████░████▄▄█▄▄░▀▀▄▄ ▄▀▀░▄▄▀▀ ░ ░░ ░▄▄███ ▄▄███▄█▀▓████▄ ███████████▄░░▀▀▄██▀▀░▄▀▀ ░ ▀ ░ ▄▄██████ ▄████████████▄█▀███▄█▀██████████▄▄▄██▄▄▀▀░░ ▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄██████▄▀ ░ ▀▀██████████░ ▀▀▄█▀▓██▄▄▀▀██████▀ ▄██ ░░ ▄█████▓░▄▄███████▀ ░░ ▀▀███████▄▄░░▀█▄▄█▀▓██▄▄ ▀██▄▄██▀ ░ ▄███████████████▀ ░░░ ░░░ ▀▀████████▄█████▄▄▀▀█████████ ░ ▄▓████████████▀ ░░░░░ ▀▀██████████████▄▄▀▀▓████▄▄▄▄▄▄████▄██████▀▀ ░░░░░ .. ░░░░░ ▀███████████████▄▄█▀▀██████████████▀▀ ░░░░░ ::. ░░░░ ▀▀██████████████████████▀██████▀ ░░░░ ooh ye.. ░ ▀██████████████▄░▀███████▀ ▀▀████████████▄▄▄▄ ▀ ::t r a c k l i s t ::: ▀██████▀▀ ::: . ▀▀ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01. Prelude 1:32 02. Something To Believe 4:37 03. Breathe (Feat. Rob Murat) 3:58 04. Love Remorse (Feat. Rick Bartlett) 4:20 05. Instrumentalude 1:38 06. Home 5:01 07. Ghetto Plantation 4:18 08. Nothing To Lose (Feat. Kate Mattison) 4:21 09. Dying To Live (Feat. Tarrey Torae) 5:14 10. Beyond The Clouds (Feat. J. Ivy) 1:53 11. Remembering The Future 7:16 12. 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