In Tune Review
10/05/2007
Blacksmithz Atlanta , GA
Unsigned
Rock/Alternative
http://www.blacksmithz.com
By: Mark
I like to think that I’m an open-minded person. To an extent, I am. I can tolerate almost any kind of music-except for hip-hop and rap. When watching VH1 and MTV videos in the wee hours of the morning, IO usually groan when I see 50cent , R. Kelly or Kanye West come on, and I will immediately turn the channel. Even an infomercial is tolerable compared to that.
That being said, I had to relent when I first heard Blacksmithz. They serve a unique blend of hip-hop, metal and alternative that is both innovative and pleasing to the taste buds. Even the lyrics are more sophisticated and unique as compared to the rest of the genre:”Well, the moral of the story is simple and true/Don’t let your buddy creep up on you/And grab your keys and head out the door/Before you’re rolling handcuffed in the back of the door”(from Creep’N)
I hope they don’t mind this evaluation, but they remind me of a combination of The Beastie Boys, Living Color and Soundgarden. It is quite likely that there is something out there for everybody, whether you are a guitar fanatic, “hip-hop head” or whether you are just looking for something different.
Many songs in the hip-hop genre have their limitations-they become repetitious and that always becomes old. The refreshing thing about Blacksmithz is that once they seem to be falling into that monotonous trap of “sameness”. You hear the blistering guitar of “Money”. He is reinforced by pulsating bass of Worm and the driving percussion of Animal.
