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Diverse/Press

Q Magazine
 

Under ground
hip-hop in good
as the
main-
stream shocker.



 

To pinch a lyric from Blazin' Squad, “One A.M.” sees underground Chicagoan MC Diverse flip-reverse it, with an energetic debut that isn't shy of dallying with mainstream hip-hop stylings. Playing tag with a dusty jazz vocal, hip-hop royalty would kill for a track as young, fresh and new as “Ain't Right,” while elsewhere the slinky, blunted jazz of “Big Game” and the orchestral “Leaving” see this former poet emulate The Roots, only without the worthiness. If only the world at large would listen up.

By: Chris Blue



Diverse
Big Game
CD/12” | CHLT 051

Diverse
Jus Biz
12” | CHLT 047


Diverse
One A.M.
CD/2xLP | CHLT 039

Mos Def & Diverse
Wylin’ Out
(Kut Masta Kurt Remixes)

12” | CHLT 034
  Diverse
Certified/Build
12” | CHLT 031

Diverse, Mos Def & Prefuse 73
Wylin’ Out
CD/12” | CHLT 030

Diverse
Move
CD/12” | CHLT 018

 
 
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