Sunday, April 15, 2007

Wildchild - Secondary Protocol


The name itself implies a spontaneity of thought and action. As a member of the underground group Lootpack, Wildchild's rap style lived up to that credo with a flow that spilled all over fat beats with reckless abandon. Child comes from that school of rap thought that completing a rhyme or thought is more important that fitting every phrase into one bar of the songs. In other words, beats are like locked doors to Wolverine: just slash through anything that gets in your way.
One might assume then that his debut LP "Secondary Protocol" would be a highly esoteric venture, strictly meant for the backpackers and underground heads. His interview skit at the end of "Code Red" though indicates Child believes in the crossover potential of his verbal skills. "Basically, this is for all the raw heads, y'knahmean? The mainstream heads, the underground heads, the worldwide heads - universal." Of course to achieve such success would require an audience of open-minded, musically adventureous listeners. The mainstream is not for the most part that audience - it tends towards the banality of the lowest common denominator in almost all cases.

01 Intro
02 Code Red
03 Hands Up
04 The Come Off feat. Tha Liks, Phil da Agony
05 Movement P.2
06 Heartbeat feat. Oh No
07 Kiana
08 Secondary Protocol
09 Knicknack 2002 feat. Percee P, Medaphoar
10 Puttin' In Work
11 Bounce feat. Planet Asia, Aceyalone, Spontaneous
12 Wonder Years
13 Party Up feat. Vinia Mojica
14 Operation Radio Raid feat. LMNO
15 Feel It feat. Medaphoar


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