Úlfur Kolka: Human Error

Middle of the road Hip Hop
19.9.2011
Words by Bob Cluness
The latest offering from the former Kritikal Mazz frontman and Ciphah alias sees him rapping in English, which is always going to be a slight risk when it’s your second language, moreso than with regular ‘singing.’ And overall he does a decent job of it, leaning towards a more socially conscious style of hip hop not often examined by his Icelandic contemporaries.

However the music doesn’t quite match his ambitions. Most of the tracks contain mid-tempo, simplistic 4X4 beats that rather stunts the flow of Úlfur’s wordplay and makes the album feel a bit dated (did I hear him say “now it’s 2003” on the track ‘Tomorrow’?).

‘Human Error’ is a so-so album that does have the advantage of being free to download from his Bandcamp page. OK, you could pay 5 Euros to get it via Gogoyoko, but knowing human nature like I do, why would you want to do that?


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