Shelah
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This Is No Illusion (con or artist)
Mia Mind Music
This rapper from Hempstead, N.Y., claims he wants
to redefine hip-hop on his minimally produced and
very lengthy rap verses. The cuts, at best, exemplify
a guy going all-out with his concepts. Shelah’s barrage
of wordplay, on cuts like “W.O.M.E.N.,”
“F.R.A.N.T.I.C.” and “Homey Bounce,” is impressive
but his concepts mostly feel half-baked. His
conceptual weaknesses combined with demo-quality
music delimit the album from his lofty ideal of hiphop
redefined. –forrest green III
