As an addition to my review of ‘Majority Rules’, I thought I’d throw-out some additional information on E Major and highlight some favorite tracks from his album, which is available for free but if you have some money to spend, it’s more than worth the 15 dollars.
This isn’t exactly a Baltimore blog–there’s already the hyper-comprehensive Government Names anyways– and I don’t think I have a ton of Baltimore readers but E Major is performing with Blu & Exile at SONAR in early July and actually, this weekend, he’s part of a really interesting performance/workshop for kids on the “Art of hip-hop” hosted by Sean Toure:
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E Major ‘Majority Rules’ (Under Sound Music)
-‘The Next Episode’ (produced by DJ Face, scratches by DJ Excel)
The first proper track on ‘Majority Rules’ with a really great Primo-type beat and E dropping a really affecting story of his life moving between Baltimore and California and his involvement in hip-hop from fan to rapper. Plenty of stuff for pretty much any rap fan around my age to appreciate and relate to.
-‘Livin the Life’ featuring We & Us and Tia (produced by E Major)
I love how this record starts with this record scratch–a perfect production choice– and then the horns come in and it slowly becomes an actual beat. One of the best aspects of ‘Majority Rules’ is the use of female voices for hooks and sometimes just la-la style singing behind the beats which reminds me of Little Brother and some of the best underground rappers that know how to mix hip-hop with catchy hooks and more mainstream production. Also, the guests on this track, We & Us do exactly what guests do on all my favorite rap albums: come in, kill it, and jump-out. Us in particular, has a great verse: “to death I lost two brothers/I ain’t been straight since/But I learned to gracious to this gift I can’t dismiss it/Now every day I wait, it’s a celebration bitches”. Never heard of We & Us before this track but I’m going to look out for them.
-’Nuthin Nice’ featuring Hezekiah (produced by Dre Belovit the Truth)
-‘How You Wanna Carry It?’ (produced by zu_keeny)
This song takes its hook from an early 90s Baltimore classic ‘What’s Up What’s Up’ (sometimes ‘Whatzup Whatzup’) by Miss Tony (sometimes Ms. Tony, and later as Big Tony). Miss Tony is a really fascinating Baltimore personality, who was famous as a female impersonator and radio DJ. He died in 2003, a few months after a compilation of his songs came out. My old computer’s fried and it’s where I had most of my music, so you’ll have to settle for this YouTube video that plays ‘What’s Up What’s Up’. The best part of E’s interpolation I think, is how he got that very specific pronunciation of “carry” on the track.
-‘Make It’ (produced by Heroes 4 Hire)
‘Majority Rules’ goes beyond just being hot because E Major’s constructed a really cohesive album. The last bunch of tracks are on an R & B style without ever sounding lame or crossover-y and this is my favorite of them. The first verse is basically about being a fuck-around in high-school–like almost every smart, interesting person, right?– while the second comes in with a story of how hard his Mom worked to make a better life for him, how he’s going to do the same and it’s punctuated by a change-up in the soul-strings. Affecting, smart stuff.
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