Gangstagrass – Broken Hearts And Stolen Money (CD) (2014) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

There have been various attempts to mash together hip-hop and some species of country music, from Bubba Sparxxx to Big & Rich to Ridley Bent to the current “hick-hop” vogue. But Gangstagrass, which melds hip-hop and a grab-bag of bluegrass, old-time, and mountain music, is a horse of a different color. The band’s third album again joins lonesome vocals and the holler sounds of banjo, fiddle, and dobro to beats, scratches, and the rhymes of members Dolio the Sleuth and R-SON the Voice of Reason and guests. “Two Yards”, which finds frontman Rench singing a tale of economic dislocation before Dolio and R-SON rap a bank robbery, gives the flavor of these originals, and the band draws on traditional material as well, with faithful renditions of “Banks of the Ohio”, “O Death”, and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” with rapped additions (which in the case of “Circle” amount to a statement of purpose). Gangstagrass comes across as genuine and unforced. Two turntables, a banjo, and a microphone, anyone?

Tracklist:

01. Quickdraw (feat. Dolio the Sleuth & R Son)
02. Get Down Get up (feat. Tone Z)
03. Banks of the Ohio (feat. Alexa Dirks)
04. Hand Me the Money (feat. Smif n Wessun)
05. Keep Talking (feat. Dolio the Sleuth)
06. Mountaintop (feat. Tomasia & Brandi Hart)
07. All for One (feat. Dolio the Sleuth & R Son)
08. O Death (feat. Brandi Hart, Liquid & R Son)
09. Rainstorm in Kentucky (feat. Smif n Wessun, Dolio the Sleuth & R Son)
10. Peaches (feat. Chrome Cowgirl & R Son)
11. Two Yards (feat. R Son & Dolio the Sleuth)
12. Long Grey River (feat. Dan Whitener & R Son)

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare