Brokn.Englsh – The ARE & B.E. [Album]

Staying on our Jersey issh for a minute, we want to hip you to The ARE & B.E., the latest full-length project from Lyriq2Go, Cion Burris, Myk Dyaleks, collectively known as Brokn.Englsh. This high-energy, lyrical group has been on the BirthplaceMag.com radar for a minute, and this project, fully produced by The ARE (Trackmasters), is a great way to bring this trio to the front of your e-consciousness.

Brokn.Englsh released their debut album The Drawing Board in late 2009, and continued to perform in and around the NYC-area, working on The ARE & B.E. The project was primed by the release of a video for “This Way,” which can be seen below.

The combination of producer and group mix well through most of the 10-track release, on first listen, standouts are the aforementioned, “This Way,” “Before,” “Watchem,” “and “Can’t Fuck W Detroit.”

Production-wise, The ARE displays an eclectic mix of backing sounds throughout the musical soundscape of the project, a seemingly equal blend of  sampled and original music that is generally smoothed out and enjoyable.  The producer in me is a little uncomfortable with the vocal levels from time to time, but that could always be attributed to my particular computer/headphones, and it’s probably splitting hairs a bit.

In any event, if you dig the current crop of underground, lyrically-based NYC hip hop, Brokn.Englsh are certainly worth gettn.to.knw.

Download/Listen: Brokn.Englsh – The ARE & B.E. [Album]

Brokn.Englsh-This Way Music Video (prod by THE ARE) from Lyriq2Films on Vimeo.

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