Happy Happy Birthday to Me records main man Mike Turner compiled Plague-list, an album filled with "tracks that go with the current times of being stuck at home during quarantine due to COVID-19". It is a mix of garage rock, punk, hip-hop, indie and New Wave, featuring well known acts like The Wedding Present and Magnapop, besides underground favourites like Rat Fancy and Tunabunny, the latter with a track from PCP Presents Alice In Wonderland Jr. - HCTF's album of the year in 2017.
Athens, GA based producer and musician Wesley Johnson, who goes by the stage name WesdaRuler does some serious genre mashups in his album Ocean Drive. With jazz, slow funk and hip hop as the tow most prominent stepping stone he constructed a concept record about reconnecting with his family and close friends after a dark spell. He doesn't go into detail about the latter, but it was definitely something quite serious.
Johnson barely keeps his emotions in check, but the never breaks character as a laid-back spoken word master, which makes his storytelling quite intense and forces the listener to hang on to each word. This is hip hop for people who don't like hip hop as such, but can appreciate risk-taking and mixing it up.
Athens, GA based producer and musician Wesley Johnson, who goes by the stage name WesdaRuler, takes cross-over to the next level on his Butterfly single, a track from his forthcoming album Ocean Drive.
As a long standing multi-instrumentalist and beats creator he cut his teeth creating sonic atmospheres and it wasn't until recently that he added his voice to the mix, serving up highly personal and soul-searching lyrics. This is hip hop for people who don't like hip hop as such, but can appreciate risk-taking and mixing it up.
