My man DJ Eurok recently passed along some new music from The Package, a group that's been holding down Washington D.C.'s underground scene since the '90s as a part of the Infinite Loop crew. Eurok, himself a member of Infinite Loop, described them to me as, "real solid hip hop, no gimmicks, just that raw true school sound," and they certainly lived up to their billing. About two seconds into the first track that I listened to, Look Out Below (featured below), I thought I was listening to some unreleased O.G.C. material. Check it out:
The D.C. trio - Dimensions, Noyeek the Grizzly Bear and Theory - are good for more than just grimey boom bap tracks, however. The next song, Makin' Waves, is a tale of breakups to makeups over a significantly more mellow beat. For most unsigned hip hop groups, the combination of love-themed lyrics and an R&B hook would typically set the stage for an auditory trainwreck, but The Package manage to pull it off suprisingly well:
Having spent almost a decade overcoming Industry Rule #4080, The Package are on the verge of putting out an official album. In advance of their album New Golden Era, the group has released a six-track EP that you can download for free on their website. It's dope, so go cop it!
You can hear even more from The Package over at their MySpace page. And shout out to Eurok for passing along the music. He's got a great site over at Upset The Setup, go check it out.
3/10/2007 07:00:01 PM posted by Fresh
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Look Out Below is *dope*! Definitely has a Duck Down/Heltah Skeltah vibe to it. On my way to d/l the rest of it....
I copped it earlier today and listened to it while I was at work. Look Out Below is indeed dope as are three of the other songs on there. I wasn't feeling "Makin Waves"...too rnb for me... but everything else was solid. Nice find.
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