Enter Diverse... the new
pride of working class Chicago Hip-Hop... your next boombox hero...
an MC possessing certain undeniables para-mount to populating the
ears of your entire block.
In the two years since his debut EP “Move,” Diverse
has appeared on the ‘Urban Renewal Program’ compilation,
teamed up on singles with Mos Def and Prefuse 73, released the single
"Certified" (with Lyrics Born) b/w "Build,"
and just finished a tour with Lyrics Born, Zion-I and Odd Jobs.
September will see the release of his debut full--length on Chocolate
Industries, “One A.M.,” which boasts production by Madlib,
RJD2, and Prefuse 73, and vocalizations by Jean Grae, Lyrics Born
and Vast Aire of Cannibal Ox.
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Diverse is decidedly intellectual,
unflappable lyri-cally, and he flows like a cannon. His vocabulary
is massive, his lyrics are dense with knowledge, and his run-on
syncopated phrasing going super, super fast... pops the eyes out
just a little bit. He's "steady getting my elbows greasy, throwing
my back into it... who else would I represent?"
Despite his work in the campus mailroom, on the way to earning his
degree, you wouldn't dare call him a postal worker. A man about
to turn up the heat in his field, he delves ironically into the
physics of low temperatures: "I pose game with myriads and
motifs, even frozen pieces of man, it's B-boy cryogenics!"
By: G-blud
Photo: Caitlin Mitchell |
