Listening to “The Everywhere Man” album by
Rich Quick reminds me of Thursday nights when I used to stay up to listen to
the CM Fam show with Bobbito and Lord Sear. I didn’t always know the artist I
was hearing at the moment, but it wasn’t hard getting through the show because
it was just good hip-hop music. The album is similar to that feeling with the
overall feeling being this is a hip-hop album first and foremost without the
gimmicks, or attempt to make a radio song that’s going to play in the clubs.
Though I can imagine this album playing on plenty of radio shows as well as
being performed live.
For the most part it hits every area of the essence of the genre
including some cuts on certain hooks, which is something that I don’t ever hear
in mainstream music anymore. I like the
concept of the song “Call Out King” which is about having a job but finding
various reasons to call out for the day. I’ve heard songs addressing the topic
of an artist working a job and dreaming about when they finally get to tour,
but this is a new flip on the concept and very original relating it to
something I’m sure a ton of people do. The album features quite a bit of
international talent on songs like “NJ2UK” and Ain’t “Hard2 Tell”. It’s some
nice cross promotion and I’m sure the international scene will really
appreciation an album which in a way is a throwback to how a lot of music used
sound before the digital era ruined a lot of the business.
The guest list is pretty diversified with
indie heavyweights like Reef The Lozt Cauze and Rakka of Dilated Peoples to
more mainstream acts such as Jakk Frost and Chris Rivers. It’s a nice mix and it seems like every song
was definitely picked with a specific feature in mind as opposed to being
randomly thrown together. This album definitely has a boom bap sound to it but
that’s not a bad thing. If you remember the days when BET and MTV actually
showed videos, this is how things sounded when the music scene overall was a
better place. Cheers to Rick Quick for
reminding me that there is still good music out there if you look for it.
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