Last Sons' "Chekhov's Gun" Makes Hip-Hop Golden Age's List of 100 Essential UK Hip-Hop Albums
The Last Sons dystopian epic, Chekhov’s Gun has landed on Hip-Hop Golden Age’s all time list of 100 Essential UK Hip-Hop albums. For the Sons, Duke01 and Furious P, along with their producer Uncommon Nasa this comes as a great honor. Joining a list that includes legends like Daddy Freddy, Roots Manuva, Skinny Man, London Posse and Dizzee Rascal to contemporaries like Jehst, Fliptrix, Lee Scott and more.
Here’s the blurb on Chekhov’s Gun below, and the link to the full piece at HHGA:
“This is a project for listeners with an acquired taste, Checkhov’s Gun will most likely not appeal to the casual Hip Hop listener. This is an all-around outstanding album nonetheless – one that demands complete attention but one that gets better with every new listen.
Nottingham, UK duo Furious P and Duke01 are Last Sons, for this project they got together with Uncommon Nasa, the veteran underground NYC rapper/producer. Uncommon Nasa’s distinctive production style is evident throughout the whole album, his industrial flavored beats and unconventional noise patterns coming off like a cross between work from the Bomb Squad and El-P in his early DefJux days. It all culminates in an intense listening experience, also because of the weighty lyrics by Duke01 and the prominently featured turntablism from DJ Furious P.
Dense, but never impenetrable – Chekhov’s Gun is a GREAT hybrid of UK and NYC underground Hip Hop. Check this album out if you are up for a dose of progressive production, intense lyricism, and excellent cuts and scratches – you will not be disappointed. ”