roachboy

kenny muhammad is, in the parlance of our times, the shit.
i saw him in philly in a human beat box show--he wiped the floor with everyone including scratch and razel from the roots (neither of whom are exactly slouches).
a year or so later, i read that he was touring with the x-ecutioners, so i went but alas, he was un-there. throat infection they said. the x-ecutioners were amazing, however.

if you get a chance to see this guy live, just go. it doesn't matter what your plans were. they are obviated. you are going to see kenny muhammad.

he is a walking talking demonstration of the claim that everything that is of any interest in hip hop continues in the underground: the one-dimensional nonsense that is mainstream hip hop is.....well.......blech. the beats were always only part of hip-hop, not all there was or is.

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