{"id":11047,"date":"2016-03-03T14:11:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=11047"},"modified":"2016-03-03T14:11:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:11:26","slug":"review-lndn-brings-back-the-90s-with-their-album-aktive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/03\/03\/review-lndn-brings-back-the-90s-with-their-album-aktive\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: LNDN DRGS Brings Back The 90’s With Their Album “Aktive”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lndn\"<\/a>Growing up in Boston, I had a real love and hate relationship with West Coast rap. Even though none of the major figures involved in the East Coast\/West Coast rap civil war resided in my city, I was still a die-hard East Coast representer.<\/p>\n

It wouldn’t be until later in my life I would ever enjoy music from Dj Quik, Tupac, and others without having a bias ear. What resulted was me becoming a fan of music I learned to hate.<\/p>\n

Over the next few years, the music would change. Fans began to lean more to the hard-hitting drums found in Southern hip-hop that would become more prominent, while the West Coast sound struggled to stay alive.<\/p>\n

Today, most artists sound like a hodge-podge of different areas. Regional sounds are kind of like dinosaurs today. Thank you for the artists who are not afraid to show their regional flavor and resurrect a feeling many thought was extinct. Thank you for LNDN.<\/p>\n

Comprised of emcee Jay Worthy and producer Sean House, LNDN’s latest project Aktive<\/em> is a throwback to the sound that took over the airwaves in the mid-90s.<\/p>\n

Tracks like “Fade” is a smooth warning to shot to anyone who wants to bump their gums. To put some extra emphasis on the track, they enlist Cali veteran Mitchy Slick to put a period at the end of the sentence, “you can catch a fade<\/em>.”<\/p>\n