NEW YORK (www.independisc.com) - "Are you ready?"
"Play that beat."
"It goes Boom, I do a warrior dance
My native tongue will put you into a trance."
"Uptown music for the downtown kids
For the beats we make
And the life they give."
"Possibility through positivity."
Is it possible to do a whole review of just quotes from songs? Maybe, but then it wouldn't give an accurate picture of the music now, would it? Of course, the fact that there are so many quotable lyrics only goes to state that Fredalba has something to say, and they say it in the street poetry of slammin' rhymes as they throw down to a fresh, now, happenin' sound that fuses every genre that's ever arisen from the Urban Street scene.
From the Beach Surfers to London Mods, NY Punks, formative Rap, Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop, Latin, Hardcore and more - It's all here. I originally tagged Fredalba as "Urban Rock," but after many, many, many listens, I must correct that categorization to "Urban Beats."
Uptown
Music For Downtown Kids is the CD that takes the cultural melting pot of not only Los Angeles, but of America, and to an extent the world, and lays down a tribute to the underground beats scene. This is P-Funk. This is Old School Rap pumped through the '00s style street art and delivered as entertainment from the ages of the masses for the masses of the ages.
Read the entire review here:
https://www.independisc.com/fredalba.htm#issue75