Street Music

An underground vet who debuted with the ABB 12-inch \"Bionic\" back in 1995, Defari is a close affiliate of Dilated Peoples, Planet Asia, and Tha Alkaholiks, and also one-half of Likwit Junkies with DJ Babu. Staunchly representing Los Angeles, his style is neither hardcore gangster nor backpack nerd: just straight-ahead hip-hop with an emphasis on big beats, basic rhymes, and plenty of Golden State boom-bap. Like the previous albums *Odds & Evens* and *Focused Daily*, *Street Music* has collaborations with longtime co-conspirators The Alchemist, Evidence, J Ro, and Babu, with verses focusing mostly on lyrical superiority, the state of the game, California love, and a hearty appetite for drink and smoke. While not extraordinary groundbreaking, it\'s still a typically enjoyable listen, with standout tracks like \"Deepest Regrets\" (featuring B-Real), \"Vultures,\" \"Big Burn,\" and \"West West.\"

Likwit Crew member Defari has inevitably succumbed to one of Newton's essential laws of physics, inertia, where an object in motion tends to stay in motion...