Telephone Jim Jesus - Anywhere Out of the Everything
Sharing a spot on the loaded Anticon roster, Telephone Jim Jesus (a.k.a. George Chadwick) sounds a lot like some of his contemporaries. This is not a bad thing. He makes dense, experimental hip-hop, brimming with crunchy drums and synthesized atmospherics. On “Anywhere Out of the Everything,” TJJ has succeeded in creating a dark and brooding collection of songs that reflect his displacement from home and lonely travels of the world. On the song “Dice Raw,” he enlists the lyrical bombast of Pedestrian and Why? that makes you wonder what other collaborative magic he’s capable of. At times straightforward and at others, avant-garde, “Anywhere Out of the Everything” manages to stay fresh start to finish.
Grade: B+
-Kyle Gilkeson