10isee Williams
You might remember me telling you about Seattle’s 10isee Williams a few times over these last three years. I say “might” because his signature well-crafted, understated braggadocio and Big K.R.I.T.–ish rap morality are slept on out here like a buckwheat pillow and memory foam. Now he’s back with his third album in as many years, Gorilla Warfare.
“You guys oughta do a story about me sometime,” Warfare‘s Full Metal Jacket–sampling intro declares, “’cause I’m so fuckin’ good! That ain’t no shit, neither!” With a slight shoulder chip and an offhand, almost professorial air of superiority, Williams conducts a cunning campaign against less-focused MCs, “culture vultures,” and the fourth US president, James Madison…