Transitioning from group to solo success is never easy, but Syd tha Kid made it look like light work, effortlessly morphing from fronting the acclaimed band the Internet to her first solo LP, Fin. Thankfully, Syd avoids the spectre of the sophomore jinx on Broken Hearts Club, a moody story of love found and lost. Gone is the once-aloof Syd who always seemed too cool to deal with relationship drama. This album is much more vulnerable, and often experimental at times. Broken Hearts Club is a bold step in the maturation of Syd the artist, showing that she does have the range of a star.
One Be Lo is best known for being half of Binary Star, under which name he and his Binary Star partner Senim Silla dropped the underground gem Masters Of The Universe in 2000. He has released a bunch of excellent solo albums as well, and this one is the best of them all.S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. stands for Sounds Of Nashid Originate Good Rhymes And Music, a title true to the content of the album: more than twenty tracks and pretty much all worthwhile, with One Be Lo cleverly and skillfully exploring a wide variety of topics over consistently superior musical backdrops. Pure and uncut Hip Hop by a true emcee.Rating: 8/10
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