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Dopestyle

The Little Happy/Fools Pool

BY BILLY JAM

Wednesday January 2, 2008

DOPESTYLE

The Little Happy/Fools Pool

(Daly City)

Die-hard hip-hop fans are already familiar with Dopestyle from
Kutmasta Kurt Presents Dopestyle 1231 (Run, 2004), which featured
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. Now all can catch up and fall in love with this
unique San Francisco MC and his instantly recognizable flow, thanks to the
new 30-track double CD on Mochipet's imprint.

The set includes Dopestyle's new album, The Little Happy, plus a
reissue of his Fool's Pool, a self-released full-length from 2005.
Both carry the approved production stamp of DJ 4am, whose adventurous yet
always adept aural soundscapes — accurately billed in his promotional
literature as "lo-fi hip-hop meets shoegazer, trip-hop fuzz and melodic
low-rider classic R&B oldies" — perfectly complement the MC's
singsongy, heartfelt flow. Dopestyle's delivery may take a moment to get
into, but once you get with it, you'll be hooked on his run-on, erratic,
stream-of-consciousness approach.

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Lyrically, he tackles territory not typically
covered by your average MC these days: on "The Last Party (Old Man
Blues)," the insightful Dopestyle projects decades into the future to his
final days on this earth and contemplates what it will be like to be old
and unwanted.

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