http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17655567&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rssRas G called his debut album, <I>Overcast78</I>, "a culmination record and a confidence record," the product of years spent crate-digging and sample-cutting. The prep time clearly paid off. Mining veins that most beatmakers ignore, the Los Angeles producer's debut turned hip-hop's conventional forms inside out, building mesmerizing grooves out of jazz percussion, disembodied voices, milky Rhodes chimes and the unmistakable hiss of well-worn vinyl. This is hardly your average boom bap. Like his friend Flying Lotus, Ras G is clearly inspired by J Dilla's off-kilter sense of meter, with oddly cut breaks rolling all rock-tumbler and elliptical loops buzzing in a kind of soul-music moire. His 2009 album <I>Brotha from Anotha Planet</I> found Ras G's ambitions expanding to match the cosmic vibe of artists like Sun Ra, with the polyrhythmic grooves stranger and keener than ever and the harmonic fireworks -- samples from records most people have probably never heard of, turned uncannily familiar -- spinning like space dust. - Philip SherburneWest Coast Instrumentalen720Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:57:04 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17655567&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rss Ras G called his debut album, <I>Overcast78</I>, "a culmination record and a confidence record," the product of years spent crate-digging and sample-cutting. The prep time clearly paid off. Mining veins that most beatmakers ignore, the Los Angeles producer's debut turned hip-hop's conventional forms inside out, building mesmerizing grooves out of jazz percussion, disembodied voices, milky Rhodes chimes and the unmistakable hiss of well-worn vinyl. This is hardly your average boom bap. Like his friend Flying Lotus, Ras G is clearly inspired by J Dilla's off-kilter sense of meter, with oddly cut breaks rolling all rock-tumbler and elliptical loops buzzing in a kind of soul-music moire. His 2009 album <I>Brotha from Anotha Planet</I> found Ras G's ambitions expanding to match the cosmic vibe of artists like Sun Ra, with the polyrhythmic grooves stranger and keener than ever and the harmonic fireworks -- samples from records most people have probably never heard of, turned uncannily familiar -- spinning like space dust. - Philip Sherburne http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27645722&variant=play&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rss West Coast Instrumental Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Ras G Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.27645722 alb.27645722 Ras G art.17655567 8.99 Brotha From Anotha Planet alb.27645722 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/7/3/1623736_170x170.jpg 2009-04-07 00:00:00.0 2009-04-07 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27645722&variant=play&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.27645722&variant=data&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17656078&variant=play&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rss West Coast Instrumental Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Ras G Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.17656078 alb.17656078 Ras G art.17655567 5.99 Overcast78 alb.17656078 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/3/4/3/1163437_170x170.jpg 2006-01-01 00:00:00.0 null true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17656078&variant=play&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17656078&variant=data&rws=%2Fras-g%2Fdiscography.rss