Underground Fossils is run by Dimxsk and often by Trylemma, who is on a hip hop spiritual journey in the Himalayas and may not be back for a bit. Posts are every Friday, usually some quality old sh*t but sometimes promotional posts or "reviews". We do all we can to make sure we don't post stuff that (1) You can still reasonably buy from the artist directly, (2) You can reasonably buy secondhand for cheap, (3) You can download easily elsewhere, (4) The artist(s) asks us not to for any reason. Rips will include our own personal rips, old scene rips, and random web rips.

Friday, March 22, 2019

Human i Tease (Troubadour [Plague Language / ...of Proliteariots] & Anu-1) - Cymbalism (200?)



Happy Friday! For today I thought I'd share something on the more obscure side. Human i Tease is a demo containing the earliest recordings I know of from Troubadour, a rapper featured on the Farewell Archetypes compilation by Plague Language and ...of Proliteariots, as well as raps from collaborator Anu-1. I know nothing about him, but this album has made me curious.

Cymbalism finds the pair rapping over beats by Sixtoo, Controller 7, Mr. Dibbs etc. Apparently only 15 years old each (according to my source at THH via Discogs, corroborated by the youthful appearance of the two kids on the cover), Troubadour and Anu-1 are uncommonly skilled on the mic for their age and clearly enjoy and revere the art of rapping. Mostly erring on the side of experimental, this album should appeal to fans of early Sixtoo, early Buck 65, pre-trap era early Noah23, early Aesop Rock, early Josh Martinez, early Living Legends or just plain early.

A worthy fossil to add to any collection of weird forgotten indie rap. CDr is hand-made, I have no idea how rare this release actually is, but it's come up for sale only once. It won't set any records but it deserves to be heard.


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We're doing something different this coming Wednesday, looking forward to sharing it with you. Stay tuned!

5 comments:

  1. Whoa i really check that out !!!!

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  2. That is a very dope Album man .... the age man 15 !!!! Its Kinda like 3mg sunsprayed....HE wrote the Song in the Same age .🙈👽

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    1. Yeah man, that's why we feel like this history is dope to hear, I got to learn where Troubadour came from after knowing where he went. Really glad you enjoyed it!

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  3. I can't find the exact link but Sage Francis once tweeted about this, that he got it from the rappers way back in the day. It's where I first heard of it.

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