First Light – Fallacy Fantasy (CD) (2013) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Hieroglyphics stalwarts Pep Love and Opio team up as First Light! Their debut album gets its cue from the braggadocio and conceptual characteristics that were commonly expressed in the early nineties Golden Era of hip hop. But, at the same time, their way of displaying an affinity for and a loathing of the apathy and debauchery that permeates today’s pop culture is poetically contradictory. Hence, the title of their debut album Fallacy Fantasy. With Unjust from Chosen Few picking up most of the production work Fallacy Fantasy has a varying musical style throughout and begins with a bang on the song Greetings with Pep starting “Gentlemen start your engines spittin this art is vintage, I’m emptying cartridges of bars at audiences”. As the record continues into songs like Los Lobos Opio’s acumen for weaving together phrases and fragments over this somber psychedelic melody are immediately apparent.

This album is so dope; not only are my co-workers here at Access hyped about it, co-workers at my other job can’t stop talking about it! There are Hiero fans everywhere and with quality albums like this, why not? There are so many heaters on this album but, if I had to pick one track as my favorite, right now it’s “Rock Raw”. The beat is just so sweet and the rhymes are on point. The track is one of the many precious gems on this CD.

Tracklist:

01. Greetings (feat. Phesto Dee)
02. Valley Of The Kings (feat. Casual)
03. Over The Top
04. Los Lobos
05. Lighters (feat. A Plus / Del the Funky Homosapien / Casual)
06. Shinin’
07. Jizz (feat. Cold Showda)
08. Do What I Want
09. Rock Raw
10. Dip Dip Dive
11. Make It Pop (feat. Tajai)
12. Do This Well
13. Mission
14. Libel
15. Matrix (feat. Knobody)

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare