Chicago rapper Phil G clearly loves hip-hop’s golden age; his proclivity for skeletal percussion that bisects the air every time a drum beat kicks in and the stylistic elements that have flavored his oeuvre show a predilection for the types of bygone soul and jazz that served as the base for hip-hop’s teenage years. Recently, this affection showed up in the form of Chuck D’s booming voice, courtesy of Public Enemy’s “Shut ’Em Down” (off Apocalypse 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black), coursing through “Lower Level,” one of the rock-solid cuts from Phil G’s self-released Proper Education Always Corrects Errors (which he refers to by the acronym PEACE).…
Chicago rapper Phil G clearly loves hip-hop’s golden age; his proclivity for skeletal percussion that bisects the air every time a drum beat kicks in and the stylistic elements that have flavored his oeuvre show a predilection for the types of bygone soul and jazz that served as the base for hip-hop’s teenage years. Recently, this affection showed up in the form of Chuck D’s booming voice, courtesy of Public Enemy’s “Shut ’Em Down” (off Apocalypse 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black), coursing through “Lower Level,” one of the rock-solid cuts from Phil G’s self-released Proper Education Always Corrects Errors (which he refers to by the acronym PEACE).…