"I admit I had no idea who #MalcolmX was when I first heard it. I was 10 or 11, and it played a few times on college radio, which I was only just starting to tune into, but for which so much of the messaging in the music was alien."
This track by #KeithLeBlanc was probably the first solo track of his I ever heard, and it still is as listenable as it was in the mid 80s:
@mxtthxw I literally have had an idea for a "Taxcider" illo for years (think Geof Darrow on funky LSD) and I've been fascinated by Keiths whole process for as long as I can remember. I really love his solo LPs.
When I finally saw Tackhead live (circa 2011), I just about fell over sideways. Watching him was just perplexing, because he was clearly playing these wild-ass parts effortlessly.
He was such a singular, un-reproducible sound machine.
@mxtthxw I just kind of realized (or maybe I'm just delu-gin-al) but Keith is the J Dilla of the classic/electro era of hip hop, just far less known among the public.
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