Express Yourself
It’s impossible to stuff more sound into this hyperkinetic EP of brain-rattling, booty-bumping EDM. Diplo deploys a solid lineup of guests, including New Orleans bounce rapper Nicky Da B, who impressively contends with the producer\'s salvo of gunshot beats on \"Express Yourself.\" Datsik pushes down the bass on the wobbly dubstep of \"Barely Standing,\" while Elephant Man breathlessly throws down rhymes on the high-strung dancehall sizzler \"Move Around\" before the mood turns meditative with the moombahton flow of \"Butters Theme\" and \"Set It Off.\"
This colorful six-song EP, set to come out near the end of 2011 but just seeing the light of day, feels like a well-deserved victory lap.
This party-ready six-track EP was released while Diplo was active on a number of fronts, including the production of a number one R&B/hip-hop hit (Usher's "Climax"), a Major Lazer single, heaps of other collaborations, and the publication of a book that documented some of his globetrotting.
All Diplo creations have a lewd undertone to them that, more often than not, comes to the surface disguised as grimy rhymes. On his latest EP, Express Yourself, in typical fashion, the in-demand DJ/producer hosts numerous dirty/likeminded collaborators.