As the year winds down, magazines across the web have begun publishing their list of the year's best releases. On name that seems consistently forgotten in the shuffle is Apollo Brown & Ras Kass' Blasphemy. Intelligent rap for an intelligent listener, the record found the collaborators working in perfect sync. Don't believe me? Give a listen to "Deliver Us From Evil."
A simple concept for an unbelievably complex track, the Jay Brown-directed visual allows the listeners to focus on the lyrics. Call it "simple yet elegant."
Blasphemy is in stores now. Whether or not it ends up on our list of the top LPs to drop this year remains to be seen. Regardless, this one is worth a listen.
