Within the hour and 27-minute runtime, there are countless stories of how Simmons helped people feel like the impossible can happen. With every lyric that left his lungs, you felt every syllable. He tells them that he has to feel what he’s saying – one of the reasons why he was so great.
There’s a particular part where Simmons goes to School Street, and he speaks to young people and listens to them rap. He finds home speaking to citizens who still live there and inside Maxwell’s Pub – just playing pool, eating a turkey sandwich, and dancing to oldies. When the documentary goes back to Simmons’s hometown in Yonkers, we see the legendary figure, and the man personified. Once one of his songs plays in the car, Simmons is back to rapping with fury. He discusses his impending Dark and Hell Is Hot anniversary tour and getting back into the studio. When he meets up with manager Pat Gallo, it’s only a matter of time before his trademark passion arises within him. Picking up on January 25, 2019, Simmons leaves prison after serving 12th months for felony tax evasion. This documentary doesn’t strive to sugarcoat anything – it’s as raw and uncompromising as the man in front of the lens. To know Simmons is to see him in all his complexities, triumphs, and falls. DMX: Don’t Try To Understand, a documentary directed by Christopher Frierson shows both the good and the bad within a year’s journey. His trademark fury that exploded through his art like emotional napalm was the same that got him into trouble. The life of the late Earl “DMX” Simmons was a quintessential example of yang and yin. DMX told old stories with friends and family around, performed his many hits, and watched as fans old and new showered him with appreciation. On July 22, 2020, the VERZUZ battle featuring DMX and Snoop Dogg was a celebration fit for legends of their stature. Upton has once again demonstrated his abilities behind the synthesizer and drum machine.Ĭities In Flight is available on Central Processing Unit.When you’re an artist, you walk the line of being phoned in or, sometimes, tragically taken away before you can feel the levity of how your art changed people. Playing with Electrofunk, colder space sounds and even some Nintendo retrospection Mr.
For Cities in Flight DMX Krew on familiar ground, Electro, but he’s put his own spin on it. Fun, playful and catchy Turrican action to close.Įd Upton has always been a diverse artist, turning his hand to a range of styles during his two decades of electronic artistry.
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The closer, “D75 Theme” is full videogame mode. “EPR Phenomena” balances sci-fi chill with whimsical warmth, something like Dopplereffekt meets C64, while “Dependency Gap” is slower and more subtle. The track is borderline late 70s game-show electronics, grooved-up tongue in cheek piece. “Malformed Video ID” comes from a different place. On other tracks Upton takes Electrofunk and applies colder machine sounds. Some elements of Upton’s Wave Funk album are present, those spaced out melodies being central in the title piece. A warbling backdrop is supported by terse beats and meandering chords with lofty keys elevating the outcome. “Neutron Star” sets the satellite in orbit.
The UK artist, and founder of Breakin’ Records, is under his DMX Krew alias for his CPU debut: Cities in Flight.Įlectro is the genre being explored but Upton adds layers of Funk and Techno to the mix. Ed Upton (aka Ed DMX, DMX Krew), has been delivering Electro, Techno, House, Breaks and Analogue Pop for near twenty years. Upton has once again demonstrated his abilities behind the synthesizer and drum machine.Ĭentral Processing Unit returns from the Summer break with its biggest name to date.
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