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| Music Review: Trashed In Detroit by Mutha |
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 Every once in a while we pluck a review from our submissions and put it up here on the front page. We don't get nearly enough reviews of rap and hip hop around here (you'd think we only listen to rock) so I thought it'd be a good opportunity to feature one. So let me introduce Isabelle Esling, a blogger from France (see correction below) who submitted a review of "Trashed in Detroit" by Mutha. Click "read more" below for the review.
Artist: Mutha
Release: Trashed In Detroit
Label: Margate Records
Year: 2005
review by Isabelle Esling
edited by Mitch
I learned from a fellow blogger that it's more useful to do our best from wherever we are in life. It makes doors open (spiritually speaking) and unexpected blessings will come to you faster.
Once I was complaining about where I live and even posted a pic of my horrible building on the net. But my blogger friend, Scott, taught me that the best way to advance in life was to use my willpower and to work the best I could from where I was. Forget about complaining.
The dirt, the lack of comfort, the noise, the insecurity, the crazy neighbors, and literally anything viewed as a negative could be used to my advantage. I'm trying to do this as a writer and I think that's what Mutha is also trying to do in his Trashed In Detroit EP.
Mutha introduces something new to Detroit - call it "trash rap". To understand the spirit of trash rap, you gotta understand how an artist in the most difficult life situations manages to use them to his advantage.
What makes Mutha’s Trashed In Detroit interesting is that it describes the dirtiness and harshness of his living conditions from an unsigned emcee’s point of view. While the subject matter is dark and dirty, Mutha uses his talent and the dirt at his disposal to come up with a unique rapping style and an impressive delivery.
"Here We Go" introduces the CD. Rhythmic drums and keyboard heartbeats draw you into Mutha’s universe. The battery of words he spits on his mic reflect the struggle of an aspiring emcee’s fight. Mutha's in the house, ready to take over.
Catchy beats, tight rhymes and a solid sense of humor come from "Get Trashed", the second track of the album:
'This is my definition / I got an ambition /
can I get your permission / to be a musician? '
You can taste the trash in "The Hitman". The words invade your space and move your head while the beat kicks you. The hitman makes a living off of a dirty business. Test him and he'll meet you in hell.
"Drunk All Day And Night" introduces you to a bar where the sound of a piano reminds you of the hidden drama of an alcoholic. Mutha’s CD is a poignant piece of ghetto reality.
"The ugly" follows the fight of an unsigned emcee. The Detroit ghetto is fully represented here in its harsh reality; blunts, weapons, alcoholism, murderers, and great lyricism are all parts of its landscape.
Mutha creates an atmosphere of ghetto reality on Trahsed in Detroit with poigniant lyrics and rhythmic beats that's made for hip hop lovers.
Go discover this gifted emcee from the 313 at Margaterrecords.com or TrashRap.com
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