Scott Morrow is ALARM’s music editor. Patrick Hajduch is a very important lawyer. Each week they debate the merits of a different album.
Soom T & Disrupt: Ode 2 a Carrot (Jahtari, 1/24/11)
Soom T & Disrupt: “Weed Hawks”
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Hajduch: Happy new year, everybody.
Morrow: Go, competitive sports teams!
Hajduch: Glaswegian MC Soom T has worked with an impressive list of collaborators in her career, including The Orb and DJ Maxximus. Her distinctive voice has lent personality to lots of great cuts over the years, several of which were produced by Disrupt, who pioneered the “digital laptop reggae” sound of his label, Jahtari.
Now Jahtari expands the collaboration with a 2xLP/CD called Ode 2 a Carrot. The styles on display are not particularly divergent from what you’d expect: Soom T sings about weed, cops, weed, peace, legalizing weed, and weed over Disrupt’s deft blend of dub reggae, hip hop, and dubstep. A few of the beats are recycled from previous Disrupt releases, with Soom T’s flow fitting in nicely. Disrupt’s compositions are narcotic, head-notting affairs on their own, so it’s cool to hear them stripped of their dubbed-out sci-fi samples and replaced with double-time, high-energy vocals.