Self Released – none
Sir E.U is not only someone I call a friend, but one of the most
intelligent people I’ve had the pleasure to meet. He’s also greatly
artistic, and blends his vast knowledge of world history with his
homegrown D.C. roots and signature eccentric vision as an artist,
combining for a smorgasbord of musings and clever rhymes that all add up
for an entertaining and enjoyable listen.
His newest project, EBUKU, is the latest in a long line of projects from
E.U, but this one is different—it’s E.U as fuck, but this is definitely
a more mature Steven behind the mic; as both an artist and a person it
seems. He buoyantly raps over the eclectic, at times glitchy production
from a slew of DMV boardslappers and more.
What I love about his projects is that they stray away from the typical
skeleton of projects that people put out these days. I don’t wanna say
there are universal archetypes on every album, but often there are
different tracks that are made to appeal to different kinds of people,
and I’ve noticed it kinda limits the creativity of the artist because
they’re trying to fit into that one box that’s going to appeal to X
amount of people. Well, that goes entirely out the window with E.U, and I
fucking love it.
EBUKU is an audible illustration of Sir E.U’s one-of-a-kind personality
and flavor as an artist, and it’s really great. I’m mad excited to hear
what he comes with next, because I know it’s going to be ridiculous and
intricate in all the best ways.
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D.C. rapper and DMV rap scene pioneer Sir E.U. is back with a new project to follow his last album EBUKU and latest EP We Back now he’s back with more abstract music and unorthodox, eclectic production that only he could rap over. “23” is 9 track project filled with uniques and off kilter production borrowing from his rap idol MF Doom, Sir E.U. mixes several tracks with topical audio clips featuring everything from SNL’s “Black Jeopardy” skit, Hilary Clinton’s “super predator” comments and an audio clip of Oprah cursing taken from a sit down with her and Lindsay Lohan. The 9 track album features production from Left Fingers, stevedreez, GHOSTIE, HIPPODRAMIDAN, Pacific Yew and N.O.M.A.D. “23” is a “crazy age” for E.U. and he shows that on this project, “23” is an interesting listen a mixture of introspection,observations and stream of consciousness flow set to some odd production. It’s a reflection of where Sir E.U. is at in his life and with his music, give it a listen.
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