“Solid beats and conscious lyrics. A powerful antidote for vacant pop-rap.”
Sweatshop Union have always had solid beats and conscious lyrics on their side, but now they’ve overcome the inconsistency that marked their previous two releases. The members of Dirty Circus, Innocent By Standers and Creative Mindz, along with solo star Kyprios, have improved at combining their talents into coherent verbal assaults and as individual MCs their knives are sharper than ever. United We Fall finds the group taking well-calibrated shots at greedy capitalists, empty-headed MCs and their own insecurities. They even make the familiar pastime of Bush-bashing seem fresh again — "Close To Home," for example, slices through U.S. foreign policy with laser precision — "They say we’re doin’ it for the goal of protectin’ the children/How the children being protected when we’re buildin’ the weapons to kill them?" Although they come off just a little too serious for their own good, Sweatshop Union still create a powerful antidote for the vacant pop-rap they deplore.
Sweatshop Union have always had solid beats and conscious lyrics on their side, but now they’ve overcome the inconsistency that marked their previous two releases. The members of Dirty Circus, Innocent By Standers and Creative Mindz, along with solo star Kyprios, have improved at combining their talents into coherent verbal assaults and as individual MCs their knives are sharper than ever. United We Fall finds the group taking well-calibrated shots at greedy capitalists, empty-headed MCs and their own insecurities. They even make the familiar pastime of Bush-bashing seem fresh again — "Close To Home," for example, slices through U.S. foreign policy with laser precision — "They say we’re doin’ it for the goal of protectin’ the children/How the children being protected when we’re buildin’ the weapons to kill them?" Although they come off just a little too serious for their own good, Sweatshop Union still create a powerful antidote for the vacant pop-rap they deplore.