The homie, Pugs Atomz, dropped me a link to his new EP Back In The Go last week and I took some time away from managing my lousy fantasy teams to check it out. This title makes sense as his work under the group, The Electric (with the renowned DJ Vadim and UK artist Graziella Affinita) takes him touring around the world often. The Pittsburgh born, veteran emcee has been holding it down for Chicago for some time and leaving his imprint through hosting his own "CTA Radio" show on 88.5 FM, designing his own clothing and of course his own brand of eclectic music. Pugs always manages to keep a good balance of soulful hooks and beats, electronic production, underground style flows and mainstream quality. That's hard to do, nowadays, with record companies constantly pushing fly-by-night rappers who make a name off promoting violence, ignorance, and poor skills (see Chief Keef). The fact that Pugs has maintained his integrity and originality, gained massive critical acclaim, and still creates good music makes me proud as a Chicago born artist.
Back In The Go is a 6 track, free EP that explores hip hop in many of its forms. It is an EP, so it is a quick play through, but there are a couple joints that stand out. It starts off with Knew, which is my favorite on the release, and sets up his return to Chicago with a strong snyth chord and tribal drum beat. With additional vocals by Shayna Love, this makes for a very dope track. The other happens to be the next track, Wind It Up, where we have a down south-esque beat that puts on an electro/glitch overcoat - creating a soundtrack that could be featured on an Atari game. We even get a screwed-up intro and hook on the track. Pugs has no choice but to drop a loose and fun verse on this one. I would definitely recommend grabbing this newness from Pugs Atomz as it is certainly worth the 43MB of space on your laptop.
*BONUS* Listen to Pugs drop a nice verse on the Nobody But Me (Remix) featuring Kosha Dillz and myself!
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