RAQ | uk

KenLo is a beatmaker from Ethiopia, on the eastern coast of Africa. But he's been listening to a lot of Detroit hip-hop lately, it appears. You can't blame him. In terms of interesting, neck-snapping production, it's hard to top cats from the Motor City right now. But KenLo gives it a great shot - his instrumental series, "Craqnuques," literally translates to "crack necks" - crafting angular, vinyl-scratchy bounce in "Orange," the fourth volume.If you didn't know better, you'd swear you were listening to J. Dilla, as a slap bass, electric piano and vocal samples flutter and buck back and forth...