Diverse

Editor's Review:

This Chicago MC has been making impressive contributions to compilations and other people’s work for a few years now, and it’s about time that Diverse gave curious fans a full-length to get into. One AM is as solid a debut as they come, offering a good cross section of this rapper’s abilities. Diverse comes with a hard style in songs “747 (Flyin’)!!” and the opening number, “Certified,” featuring a wicked guitar loop and a heavy dose of battle style scratching. But this talented rhyme writer also keeps things cool with more soulful tunes like “Uprock” and “Ain’t Right,” with its smooth, watery keys and jingle bells, or in “Accordance,” a heavily jazzy tune featuring Miles Davis-like horn fills and a soft beat rooted in sizzling cymbals and the constant thump of a kick drum. Largely produced by it-boys Prefuse 73 and Rjd2, Diverse is joined on the mic by the likes of Jean Grae, Lyrics Born and Vast Aire, adding a little extra credibility to a good debut release.
– Max Sidman
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Record Label Chocolate Industries Released December 2003

Tracks Certified Uprock Big Game (feat. Vast Aire) Ain’t Right Just Biz Blindman Explosive (feat. Lyrics Born) Under The Hammer (feat. Jean Grae) 747 (Flyin’)!! Interlude Leaving In Accordance