Recognizing everything new is rubbish, Yy goes old-school

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      An Uneven Eleven (Peanuts & Corn)

      Peanuts and Corn isn’t the most prolific label, putting out only one or two records a year. When you consider, however, that the local imprint’s head, rapper mcenroe, also produces pretty much everything it releases, that number seems more impressive.

      Yy’s An Uneven Eleven bears all the hallmarks of mcenroe’s work: spare beats that favour head-nodding grooves and atmosphere over hooks. Sure, Yy lives in Winnipeg, but screw it: this is as “Vancouver” a hip-hop record as you’ll hear this year. Yy is a student of the old school of backpack rap, almost to a fault.

      With his lyrical reference points including Kool Moe Dee and Organized Konfusion—to say nothing of track titles that include “Veteran’s Day” and “Of Another Time”—he clearly has no interest in keeping things current. And good for him, because modern life is rubbish.

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