Chicago MC
Lin-Z
is refreshingly honest
and impressively sharp
on her five song EP
Awetumn.
On the first track,
"Circa '09",
for example,
she begins by mentioning
struggles to pay rent
while living in a
renovated basement
and follows with
"Dyke since grade 6,
dyke since age 6."
The Parental Advisory
stamp on the cover
is necessary,
but the stories
she paints are real,
raw, sincere, aggressive,
and constantly vivid.
The 53 second
bar-heavy
"Exposure Ennerlude"
is especially noteworthy.
It's a refreshing voice
to hear on this first
day of winter,
even though she dropped
it on the last day
of fall.
If you need more
from Lin-Z,
be sure to check out
Set It Off,
an all female cypher
from earlier this year.
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