![]() 'Dudley Perkins: Expressions (2012 A.U.)'. 'Declaime Looks Within For New Album 'Self Study ''. Superior - 'Entire Empire' from Scenes (2015).J-Zen - 'God Music' from Managua (2015).Georgia Anne Muldrow - 'The Outcome' and 'Gitdown' from A Thoughtiverse Unmarred (2015).Georgia Anne Muldrow - 'Dollar' from Ms.Oh No - 'Improvement' from Disrupted Ads (2013).Jai Nitai Lotus - 'Hard Times and Bless' from Something You Feel (2012).Paper Tiger - 'Worldwide Takeover' from Worldwide Takeover EP (2011).Apollo Brown - 'Ghetto Soul Music' from The Reset (2010).Oddisee - 'Get Up' from Mental Liberation (2009).Electric Wire Hustle - 'Jupiter' from Electric Wire Hustle (2009).Jazz Liberatorz - 'Music Makes the World Go Round' from Fruit of the Past (2009).Kraak & Smaak - 'That's My Word' from That's Our Word (2008).The Tongue - 'Animal Crackers' from Shock and Awe (2007).Biggums' from Exodus into Unheard Rhythms (2006) MED - 'Now U Know' from Push Comes to Shove (2005) Dudley Perkins A Lil Light Zippyshare The track caught the attention of a few people, got released as a 7-inch single, and now, three years later, we get a whole album of tracks that are nearly its equal in their simple, off-the-cuff brilliance.Oh No - 'Green Tree' from The Disrupt (2004).Wildchild - 'All Night' from The Jackal (2004).Mums the Word - 'Say It' from People Keep Movin' (2002).Kan Kick - 'Love Hardcore (Underground)' and 'Toast to the Boogie' from From Artz Unknown (2001). ![]() Lootpack - 'Break Dat Party' and 'Episodes' from Soundpieces: Da Antidote (1999).Tha Alkaholiks - 'WLIX' from Coast II Coast (1995). ![]() 'Popstopper' (2013) (with Georgia Anne Muldrow).'Whole Wide World' (2009) (with Flying Lotus).'Come Here My Dear' b/w 'All for You' (2006).'Enjoy Your Stay' b/w 'Life' (2003) (as Declaime).'Still Waters' b/w 'Always Complete' (2002).'Caliwayz (Remix)' (2002) (as Declaime).'Exclaim the Name' (2001) (as Declaime).Heaven or Hell (2010) (with Georgia Anne Muldrow).The Godfather EP (2006) (with Kid Sundance).Mad Men on Arrival (2003) (as Declaime).Beautiful Mindz (2008) (with Georgia Anne Muldrow).The Lighthouse (2013) (with Georgia Anne Muldrow).SomeOthaShip (2010) (with Georgia Anne Muldrow).The Message Uni Versa (2007) (with Georgia Anne Muldrow).It's the Dank & Jammy Show (2005) (with J.Conversations with Dudley (2004) (as Declaime).In 2009, he released Holy Smokes, which was entirely produced by Georgia Anne Muldrow. His second album as Dudley Perkins, titled Expressions (2012 A.U.), was released in 2006. ![]() It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat.Dudley Perkins released A Lil' Light, an album entirely produced by Madlib, on Stones Throw Records in 2003. As for Dudley Perkins, it might behoove him to know that McDonalds is the place to rock. Although Madlib's work here isn't necessarily as quirky as his instrumentals for Quasimoto's The Unseen and the tracks that are floating around from his upcoming Madvillain collaboration with MF Doom, he does save the record from being a total disaster- sometimes overcoming zero gravity. Occasionally Madlib's beats are enough to propel the tracks out of Perkins' vacuity: beyond the short but engaging Yesterday's New Quintet breaks, 'Money', the album's single, sports an addictive, rubbery bassline 'Just Think' proves how masterfully Madlib can baste mid-90s style rhythms with a subtle 60s jazz flavor 'Falling', perhaps not the song most indicative of the album's sound but by far its standout track, boasts brilliant string and bell samplings behind Perkins' inane spoken word outing. In a sense, A Lil' Light could be seen as two competing albums: Perkins' vapid mockery of the genre, and Madlib's breathtaking instrumentals. But A Lil' Light actually ruins otherwise solid tracks all but intentionally. If Perkins' debut had simply failed at an honest attempt to create something worthwhile, it would be one thing. ![]() After one track, though, Perkins' formula wears out its welcome. 'Flowers' was cute and inconsequential, and Perkins' lazy delivery- to the point that he had only a few phrases he'd repeat- merited its small release. 'Flowers' caught the ear of Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf, who quickly released it as its own seven-inch, and then included the track on his Jukebox 45s compilation. It's a formula that first manifested itself in the form of the heavily blunted 'Flowers', which came out of some studio tinkering between Perkins and the increasingly prominent producer Madlib. Perkins has his own formula: generally speaking, a two-chord jazzy vamp fronted by poorly sung two-line epigrams, repeated ad nauseam. Dudley Perkins, when not casting himself as ho-hum mid-90s rapper Declaime, is quickly becoming the 300-hundred-pound black schizophrenic rambling novelty of the rhythm-and-blues world. As anyone will report, for about two weeks- the average time most people willingly subject themselves to Willis' music- it's just glorious, shit-in-pants excitement. ![]()
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