TranscendNoise

This review is a change of pace and topic for me. I usually don´t really get into much German Hip Hop. The themes most of the time seem one-sided and while in terms of sonic diversity there might be much going on, the expressive quality for the most part doesn’t exceed superficiality. But, and this is the one thing I admire the German side for, there is a certain kind of introspection and critical outlook on the world, that is unique to this locality. There are many imitators and imposter's of the American expression: the turn-up idiocy, the gangster and hard-ass narrative, but moving beyond that, most central to a unique expression in German hip hop seems to be a deeper struggle with the sense of self and achievement in life and society.  Most prominently, I´d put Casper’s 2011 album XOXO : A multifaceted expression of aggression, melancholy and frustration that lives from Casper channeling his generation and its perspective on live through songs dealing with suici...