A
duo from
Gothenburg consisting of Earl '
Infinity' Sparks and
Vladi '
Mentor' Carrasco.
Their much-hyped album 'Black Moses'
offered a strange, and wonderful mixture of jazz,
soul (no, not that annoying, wailing crap that passes for soul these
days, but
dark and desperate SOUL) and singing that was not quite rap
and not quite spoken word. The songs had deep anti-religious and
social realist theme (no love songs here, but songs about incest
and organized religion). However, their record company, V2,
decided to push the group as 'the future of hiphop', with
disastrous results. The album bombed and the group later split up
to work on other projects.
Anyway, here are the tracks from their first and only album, 'Black
Moses' (V2, 1998):
- Crucified
- Thou Daddy
- Cheap trick
- Testify
- Oh God
- Earth
- Going nowhere
- Sanctified
- Temple of the beast
- Follow me