THE KOREATOWN ODDITY レコード& CD

Review: Gold standard hip-hop label Stones Throw serve up this fine ISTHISFORREAL? record which is a concept album as well as being in part a sketch show and mockumentary. The long player unfolds like a spiritual baptism. It asks questions about what we take in through news channels and social media and how we process it all and work out what is real, what is fake, what is hype and what is phoney. All this over 11 well-designed tunes that bring classic era boom bap into the modern age.