Christopher Bastian
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5/6/2008 4:46:12 PM
Christopher Bastian: Hip Hop Evolved
In a day when they say Hip Hop is dead, a new face arises from the seen to bring forth a new phenomenon. Young lyricist Christopher Bastian delivers a magnificent performance on his debut album “The Art of Ra”. It starts off strong with the “Fight Night” like intro “It’s Bastian”, followed by a powerful and compelling tour though America in “Welcome to America”, where he so elegantly describes the perils of our country. The momentum continues with the soulful “Mind Body Soul”, in which he displays some wit with memorable lines like “You aint gotta be a model, but you gotta be thinner than fat” and drops the bomb on the explosive “Move”, as he commands you to “get motivated do your thing baby make moves”. It gets dark on “Cynical” as he paints a perfect picture of why exactly he’s so “Cynical” and then shifts gears to dedicate a song to his daughter on the inspirational jam “Heavenly”. Wasting no time, he shifts right back into the darkness with the sinister banger “Sick” and slides right into the light as he gives us a little peep talk with “Weather the Storm”. The emotional roller coaster ride continues with the new Bonnie and Clyde anthem “End of Eternity” and comes to a climactic conclusion on the intense “Can’t Hold Me”. Boy what a ride, “The Art of Ra” proves that Hip Hop is not dead, but alive and evolving.
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