Sub-Conscious "Pushin' Orbitz" (2000)
I'm automatically going to pick up an MC's record if he goes by Sub-Conscious, and uses song titles like "Zeitgeist" and "Visions in the Mind"; fortunately, this twelve didn't disappoint:
There's three cuts on this record, but "Pushin Orbitz" is the winner here (to me, at least...looks like "Visions in the Mind" is favored by at least a few heads). "Pushin' Orbitz" starts out with an exquisite loop that provides the backdrop for the verses; feels like a darkened interlude in a late-night jazz club...delicate, but sinister. The drums snap in, and Sub-Con drops my second-favorite Isaac Newton reference:
I set the wax in backspins
Battlin' itself practice
in revolutions of thought, like Sir Isaac Newton
Sub-Con doesn't necessarily follow traditional rhyme structure, but unlike a lot of MC's who stray from tradition, his delivery is so dope you usually don't notice. Can't praise the beat enough, but Sub-Con's lyrics are abstract enough that repeated listenings are rewarded:
It's ministry for your mental - split - picture-perfect
Served with dope beats and rhymes under the surface
With the true verdict, like Ivan van Sertima's work:
Africans reached the Americas first
Reversing the effects of merciless
purchase of persons merged into corporate businesses
what Sub-Con is working that through Fat Caps and Eraser mates
With lyrics is the only way I paper-chase
It's groundbreaking, son
Challenging shit, and in the hands of a lessor MC, you might be tempted to initially dismiss it as nonsense, but Sub-Con clearly has flow. The chorus on "Pushin Orbitz" is cold; everything gets dropped as an ill keyboard line hops around up an octave, and the upright bass moves along with it. Again, the only adjective I have for this instrumental is "exquisite". A couple of more lines of lyrics:
...to take Satan on, where serenity's gone
Like the dawn, with your sanity
For the minds of humanity:
tryin' to climb through the canopies and tree-tops,
puttin' they domes through sheet-rock and dry-wall,
thoughts bulgin' out they eye-balls
For all y'all...that's going straight psychotic:
Peace - Feel the melodics
Includes "Pushin' Orbitz", "Zeitgeist", "Visions in the Mind", and the instrumentals for all three.
There's three cuts on this record, but "Pushin Orbitz" is the winner here (to me, at least...looks like "Visions in the Mind" is favored by at least a few heads). "Pushin' Orbitz" starts out with an exquisite loop that provides the backdrop for the verses; feels like a darkened interlude in a late-night jazz club...delicate, but sinister. The drums snap in, and Sub-Con drops my second-favorite Isaac Newton reference:
I set the wax in backspins
Battlin' itself practice
in revolutions of thought, like Sir Isaac Newton
Sub-Con doesn't necessarily follow traditional rhyme structure, but unlike a lot of MC's who stray from tradition, his delivery is so dope you usually don't notice. Can't praise the beat enough, but Sub-Con's lyrics are abstract enough that repeated listenings are rewarded:
It's ministry for your mental - split - picture-perfect
Served with dope beats and rhymes under the surface
With the true verdict, like Ivan van Sertima's work:
Africans reached the Americas first
Reversing the effects of merciless
purchase of persons merged into corporate businesses
what Sub-Con is working that through Fat Caps and Eraser mates
With lyrics is the only way I paper-chase
It's groundbreaking, son
Challenging shit, and in the hands of a lessor MC, you might be tempted to initially dismiss it as nonsense, but Sub-Con clearly has flow. The chorus on "Pushin Orbitz" is cold; everything gets dropped as an ill keyboard line hops around up an octave, and the upright bass moves along with it. Again, the only adjective I have for this instrumental is "exquisite". A couple of more lines of lyrics:
...to take Satan on, where serenity's gone
Like the dawn, with your sanity
For the minds of humanity:
tryin' to climb through the canopies and tree-tops,
puttin' they domes through sheet-rock and dry-wall,
thoughts bulgin' out they eye-balls
For all y'all...that's going straight psychotic:
Peace - Feel the melodics
Includes "Pushin' Orbitz", "Zeitgeist", "Visions in the Mind", and the instrumentals for all three.
posted by djespionage at 9:48 PM
3 Comments:
nice post, my fav beat got to be Visions In The Mind though
You truly know your shit...I was one of the few that didn't sleep on Sub-Con...'Vision In The Mind' is my favorite out of the 3....you continue to spoil the masses with dope treasures like this...Sub-Con's wordplay is exceptional on this..and this is truly one of my favorite new-school records...sub-con rips shit and the production may not be ground breaking but it appropriately fits the mood.... MUCH MUCH REPECT & PROPS for upping these jewels...
peace T&B... and oh yeah the Mathematik Remix is coming soon homey...
Here's the Rhyme Training Remix & Word...Life Remix By DJ Celory
peace...
T&B
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