I wish that the media moguls who control the modern day rap music industry would stop and take a few moments out of their busy day of de-constructing the minds of our children and take a listen to the album Starving Artist by Eugene IV. Maybe, just maybe if they would do that they would see the error of their ways and start taking corrective action to make Amerikkka a better place? As unlikely as that scenario is that is the world that you should be prepared to enter when listening to this album. Starving Artist is an album that belongs in another time and place. As you can tell from song titles such as: "Declaration", "Bloodshed", "Changes", "Voices", "Mama was a Freedom Rider", "Write On" this album is on a serious tip, far removed from the world of bling, drive by shootings, drug dealing, etc. Eugene doesn't avoid these issues, instead he discusses the need to move beyond them and he does so in an articulate fashion. And unlike many other so called "conscious rappers" manages to not utter a single profanity during the entire 45 min of this album. Should you buy this album? Of course you should. In fact buy two copies and give the second copy to a younger person whose future you care about!

Bob Davis
Soul-Patrol