Ceschi | “The One Man Band Broke Up” – Yet another great disc that you dicks can either clown on out of ignorance or cop, bump, and enjoy the shit out of
Posted on July 15, 2010 by Chris Faraone
Every half-decade, there comes a new rap label that keeps me from abandoning the genre altogether. Just in time, late this past year, I tripped over the New Haven–based Fake Four, and now I’m happy to have discovered for myself the imprint’s Ferrari-tongued guitar-plucking architect Ceschi (pronounced “chess-key”) Ramos.
It seemed improbable that anyone could top such Fake Four releases as Factor’s Lawson Graham and Awol One’s Owl Hours, but Ceschi’s suicidal opus with producer DJ Scientist, The One Man Band Broke Up, is a triumph of triumphs. Profound at every turn, this second Ceschi release showcases his voluminous vocal range and sharp, authentic songwriting. He can stop lamenting for kids who “missed out on the late-’90s underground rap scene” — wrenching horn elegies like “No New York” and captivating guitar cries like “Bad Joke” are as inventive as any Rawkus jewel, and much kinder to the ear than the labyrinthine babbling that followed at Def Jux.
Unless you frequent blogs around the hip-hop nerdosphere, then you heard it here first: Fake Four is the most important label in progressive hip-hop right now, and The One Man Band Broke Up is, ironically, the album that saved me from carving my arteries with a splintered Kid Cudi disc.
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i can see youve been checking the obscure albums of 2010 thread on the ughh forums
you aint shit faraonie
How is this better than KiD CuDi?
this one of the greatest albums ever made. fake four is easily the most important up-and-coming indie label out now. Ceschi is also THE BEST PERFORMER i can even think of. nothing compares to a live ceschi show, it is life-changingly fucking incredible. The One Man Band Broke Up is either over the head or “too different” for most of the sheeple and mouthbreathers of this pathetic world, but any of you fucks blessed with an open mind better give this shit a chance or forever burn in eternal hellfire.
didnt know sage francis ate consequence. thanks for the update.
^ lol
I listened to this because it was on the mix cd that Faraone made me on some high-fidelity shit.
I remember thinking to myself – completely unbiased as to who the fuck this is or what it was.. “how is this considered rap?”
It’s okay. When I listen to this I feel like it’s the soundtrack to some lonely hippie’s summer. Like I can picture 4 brown feets just chewing on grass, wearing hemp + knitted hats around a campfire in Maine just letting this song roll out over the vibes of dusk.
Either way. I knew instantly that whoever this was .. A-Ronious would like it.
Not bad, but not great either. I’d definitely rank it below the best works of Nubian M.O.B. and Me Phi Me.
hai treez i was just thinking how you and i are like Jacob & the smoke monster of this underground hip hop shit; i don’t know who’s who, but our tastes will battle for eternity… anyway i guess since there are guitars involved one might think this is hippyish? but thats just ridiculous… i was just playing the album to some hippie types in CT and it went over there heads except for the last (incredible) song on the album. I still don’t even get why you or anyone would consider the question “how is this considered rap?” while listening to Ceschi; he raps sometimes (like a muhfuckin beast) and does a lot of other kewl stuff like playing instruments and singing (proving he’s more talented than most rappers who can only spit)so it’s quite obviously not JUST hip hop/ rap but it still is partially… but i don’t get why most people need their music to be one genre only- ‘pure’ hip hop is great but so is other forms that seek to blend and meld various musical influences (isn’t that how hiphop started, anyway?)so whats the big fuckin deal?
is it cool if it’s neither “too different” or “over my head” and I just don’t like this shit?
of course my brotha marty, i’m just one passionate mufucka bout my tunes and am sick of always hearing heads talk shit about legitimate music built with heart and soul, its one thing to not dig it another to talk shit without giving something a chance
Marty –
Yea – that would be cool – IF YOU LISTENED TO IT. But unfortunately, people around these parts like to shit on things before they’ve heard them. And also – if you don’t like it, then you bet your ass it’s over your head.
wat if u think it sucks because he has an accent that sounds annoying & you cant listen to it for more than half a verse without feeling tense?