Unleashing a highly eclectic collection of his latest works, Bisco Smith sends out the aural acquired taste that is “The Broadcast“.
The Beantown Born, Tri-State native who calls spots outside of New York City and Connecticut his home turf bursts onto Hip-Hop’s underground consciousness with a befitting set of skills and a sound that’s steeped in reflection and adroitness. This 10 track journey into Smith’s cerebellum is interesting to say the least and even amongst NYC’s deep subterranean talent well he manages to find a voice.
Doubling as a practiced graphic artist, the deviceful MC flexes numerous talents here, but none shine more so than his writing capabilities. Every song is spellbound with weighty lyrics delivered with the intensity of battle rhymes (another one of Bisc’s many abilities) that fly toward you at break neck paces. You can tell he’s deeply involved with his music and there’s a great deal of emotion contained. That type of sincerity and encumbrance is always appreciated. “Crooked Hearts” is a track where it seems Bisc puts together all of his talents the best and strikes a listenable balance for his berserker rhymes, insightful lyrics and electro inspired production.
Like all people who are gifted in more than one way, the temptation to go in a million different directions can become a pitfall that damns their intentions and goals. There were times on “The Broadcast” when this happened in force and Bisc was more meandering than engaging, trailing off and losing his audience. Often, I just wished Bisc would’ve found a way to tie all of his progressions and thoughts together better and not have such rambling tendencies. Of course producer J.Vegus’ sonic soundscapes that were all pretty abstract and frequently north of 92 BPMs had a hand in shaping what Smith attempted with this album as well I’m sure.
Bisco’s approach wasn’t flawless by any means, but there’s still an adequate market for the type of experimental Hip-Hop he’s doing. From a purist’s standpoint I can’t knock his energy and technical capabilities as an MC and those attributes will no doubt be where more “traditional” Hip-Hoppers can build a bridge to his work. “The Broadcast” probably won’t find it’s way into my car’s deck, but certain tracks like “Vibrations” do have huge potential as joints that can be incorporated into a kick ass, high intensity workout mix. Trust me, that says something…When your coming up trying to establish a name I think it’s important to give folks at least a few things that they can dig and Bisco has handily done that.
-Dominick “BIG D O” Ledezma
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