Buck 65 Gets Conceptual with Situation

Hip hop MC/artist Buck 65, born Ricardo Terfry from Nova Scotia, will return October 30 with a new full-length disc titled Situation. Being billed as a quasi-concept album, the multi-genre work spends time discussing the events of 1957 and the following fifty years.

The topic, however, is never as blatant as in “1957,” Situation‘s second track. With his unvarying, straightfoward delivery, Buck name drops jazz legend Thelonious Monk, rock star Buddy Holly, novelist William Faulkner, and serial killer Ed Gein over shifty, tinkling, two-note piano chords. Though rooted in hip hop beats and vocals, Situation scores points with its ability to musically crossover.

The album, Buck 65‘s first U.S. release since the This Here is Buck 65 collection, will be issued by Sage Francis‘ Strange Famous Records.

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