The New Haven Advocate
author: David Pond
Kayzure Sakar, On Top of the World (kayzuresakar.com). A Hamden native and an overseas tycoon (with sales focused mainly in Japan), Kayzure Sakar has made a name for himself in the worldwide underground. His sound reflects influences from the late Tupac Shakur's use of '90s West Coast hip-hop rhyme structure, creating a gritty, hard-hitting testament about life, death, murder, crime, corruption and, above all, corporate control of the music industry.
With an iron fist, Sakar pulls no punches, calling out local rappers and even the New Haven Register's entertainment editor, Pat Ferrucci, who has written numerous articles on Sakar. The album has a lot of creativity. The fun, head-bopping, standout track "Like Magic" (featuring local poet and founder of Free 2 Spit, Baub Bidon) sounds like a pairing of Tupac and Kool Keith on a De La Soul rhythm. It's on this track that Sakar explains, "What goes around comes around..." and Bidon proclaims: "It's like magic!"
—David Pond
Kayzure Sakar performs Aug. 4 at the National Night Out event at Quinnipiac Terrace (2 John Williamson Dr., New Haven), with DJs, African dance and more.
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