Taiyamo Denku (Tie-yam-oo Den-koo) One of hip hops hardest workers, has already established his sound on albums with his group W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. the group who put together the Chi Mil Music Empire. Which also consists of artists Jaylacage of Louisville, KY and Angela Malone of Racine, WI as well as producers Masako Son known to Denku as “Grendal” and Dave Derrilykt of the crew S.A.P. Denku crash landed from hip hops womb in Milwaukee, WI in 1996, giving him 11 years in the making of his style and technique. Most refer to him as just another jabber jaw that don’t make sense, trying to make sense of things around him, when in reality Denku just takes a deeper look into things and puts his thoughts in writing, and paints an adventure thru-which your ears and mind are either ready or not ready to journey to.
So lets take a journey thru “Dark Journal of Thornwards” , Denku’s Debut solo masterpiece. An Album which features the likes of Keith Murray of Def Squad, as well as “lyrical Jesus” Chino XL, just to name a few. The album emits Power from the start with the intro “Epicalligraphy” where Denku just showcases style in a freeverse form over a epic beat dropped by BadAbbot. From that point travels into the Dark transformation of a group member to a solo artist in the song “Waiting Moment”. Traveling your mind thru up and downs thru Denku’s Dark style over emotion-filled beats brought to you from DJ Vadim of Ninja Tune Records, as well as Dub-L who if your not familiar with has pretty much single handedly made a classic debut Aesop Rock Album “Music for Earthworms”. Also providing the vibes on the album is Cryptic One of Atoms Fam, as well as Nasa of Uncommon Records, BadAbbot, Anabolic, and more. Plus of coarse Denku had to bring the Chi Mil Family producers in the mix with Grendal and Dave Derrilykt together producing a total of 4 tracks on the project. When Denku Teams up with Chino XL on the track “Passion of Lyrics” it pretty much sets the ride of the rest of the album thru pure, abstract difference, where if you’re a fan of Denku is a good thing. From beginning to end The album never falters or reaches a point where there is something that does not belong it has a track for everyone, some tracks might be hit or miss, but if you don’t feel at least one track from the project then you wouldn’t know “real hip hop” if it smacked you in the face. Denku tried to bring hip hop back a dope album that the heads can appreciate, hopefully if you copped the album you feel it, drop your thoughts here, stay hip hop peoples.
With this album and other project Denku has gotten down with a lot of dope and known or not so known peeps that the hip hop world either has heard of or hasn’t. He has linked with Chino XL, Keith Murray of Def Squad, Main Flow of Mood, Baby Sham of Flipmode Squad, Hangar 18 of Def Jux, Deacon the villain of Cunninlynguists(Qn5) Pacewon of Outsidaz click, Azrael of Oldominion, Freestyle and Jise One formerly of The Arsonists, Reef The Lost Cauze, Sabac Red formerly of Nonphixion, Persephe One, Cadillac of Rusty P’s, Parable of SoulWhat, Insight, Urban Legend, and more……Stays working, stays building, keeps hip hop alive.!
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