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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Video / 206 Art Vandelay - "Vitiligo"

Posted by on Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM


Recognize ol boy? No not Jesus, the MC. If you've been paying attention to local hiphop (ever hear me talk about it?) since at least 2005 you should know this guy. He's been around, under a couple different names: at first he was Greasy Earl (his 2003-or so EP was great, and was had great features from Sonny Bonoho and Billy The Fridge, but since at least 2005 he's been known as Ricky Pharoe. That year he dropped Civilized—a record with producer Budo, who that same year produced 60 percent of Macklemore's Language of My World, and is now one half of Grieves & Budo, duh. In my eyes, it was part of the formidable mid-decade wave of great, smart and well-put put together local hiphop.

He's been active since—including an album with Tru ID a move to California, a return, and his The Next Life EP—but cats should most be excited by his newest name, Art Vandelay. That's a group consisting of Pharoe and producer Mack Formway Alton Rountree; their They've Got My Number Down at the Post Office from last year was a repurposed bunch of odds & ends remixed and processed into a funky, funny stew of bored-at-stupidity satire and spit. Their new one, which by my count is their first real one (at least with initial intent as a unit), is called Face Tattoo, and drops this spring. Isn't it nice to think about spring now that it's February? Shit, that means it'll be summer soon, and then fall. Oh man, we're all gonna die.

 

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