People Under the Stairs - Or Stay Tuned

Double K and Thes One put it nicely when they say that they are "not MCs, producers or DJs," adding, "We are B-boys, and we do all of that naturally." That D.I.Y. attitude has a number of beneficial effects, among them an unusually intimate connection between the rhymes and the beats, and also a less quantifiable sense of down-to-earthiness that comes naturally to artists who do all their own crate-digging, mixing, scratching, engineering, and production. Throughout this album there's a pervasive sense of a group that is focusing on the verities rather than wasting time with tired chest-pounding or empty celebrations of the bling. Read More