.Dashah

Rap Burglar 2.5

Dashah is the sort of artist who inspires wack rappers to retire
early. He’s an honest bragger and a refined beast, and — perhaps
most damningly for lames with less insight than Republican orangutans
— homeboy is the quintessential clever hoodlum. In this
extraordinary nineteen-cut tracklist, Dashah proves that he deserves
the honor bestowed upon him as the in-house MC for Ill Insanity DJs Rob
Swift, Precision, and Total Eclipse.

A rather obscure no-frills Brooklyn rhymesayer, he flaunts complex
verbal techniques that are nonetheless accessible to anyone with ears
trained for scratch-and-flow boom-bap. His greatest strength is,
however, also his potential flaw: dude’s voice and ethics summon Nas
nostalgia in nearly every bar and hook. And much like God’s Son, though
he can floss when necessary, on efforts like “Reflection” and “Coulda
Woulda Shoulda” he gets dramatically introspective.

This is the type of album that sunglassed hipsters loathe: there’s
no misguided electronic experimentation, trenchant verses bump
throughout, and Dashah rarely mentions wardrobe laurels. And for those
reasons, I predict that Rap Burglar 2.5 will, unfortunately but
inevitably, be one of the most slept-on hip-hop gems of 2009. (Ill
Insanity/Redline)

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