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For professional MCs like Stik Figa and Chuuwee, rapping is child’s play. The two rappers team up with classic hiphop producer Gensu Dean for a fiery new bonus cut. Some may recognize the beat from Gensu Dean’s recent Rhythm Roulette appearance on Mass Appeal. The beat was frankly too good not to create a track […]
Central Standard Time, the Topeka, KS native’s second official Mello Music Group release, is a meditation on struggles new, old, and eternal. Stik Figa’s rhymes remain intricate yet accessible, the words interlocking to create fresh meanings. Every verse displays his hard-won honesty. Though the pains are personal, the moments are strikingly familiar. These are the […]
Really looking forward to this album! Stik Figa is back on January 27th with his new album “Central Standard Time” on Mello Music Group. The new album features fellow rhyme-smiths Elzhi, Homeboy Sandman, Rappin’ 4-Tay, Quelle Chris, along with production from Black Milk, Exile, Apollo Brown, !llmind, L’Orange, D/Will, and Nottz.
“The open mic has been proving ground for young performers for decades, regardless of genre. For me it created a space to express myself in one of the most freeing ways, always hoping to grab a new ear or two. This particular acapella is one I’ve performed locally for a number of years, and now […]
Topeka, Kansas’ best kept secret may very well be Stik Figa. He’s got a classic under his belt already with Nashville producer L’Orange (The City Under The City), as well as a full EP with Oddisee that turned heads, and now he is back with plans for a January 27, 2017 album declaring whose turn it is: “Central Standard Time.” To start things […]
Dedicated to originality, L’Orange imbues his smoky, soul-soaked tracks with lush texture through inventive mixing and psychedelic cuts from classic radio recordings. A shopworn MPC and vintage vinyl are essentially paintbrush and palette for L’Orange. He finds his signature samples from pre-1950s jazz, soul and radio. He stitches together a sound that acknowledges his penchant […]
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May 9, 2017 by Benja
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