Set to drop on April 6, 2010 is Loose Logic’s latest record Logistics.

Loose Logic has been around in the LA scene for a while. He won “Best Hip-Hop Artist of The Year” at the 2007 All Access Magazine Music Awards as well as “Best Urban (Rap) Artist of the Year” at the 2007 Orange County Music Awards. In addition, he graced the cover of Orange County’s What’s Up magazine, and has been featured in the Orange County Register, OC Weekly, Huntington Beach Gazette, and Skinnie magazine. Loose Logic was named a “Top 100 Unsigned Artist” for 2007 by Music Connection magazine. Most recently he was featured on Vapors.com

Kicking it off with a bang on the Logistics record straight from the “Intro” track. Loose Logic has lots of other artists joining forces with him on this album to bring you some rawness that sounds like it’s straight from the cassette. Favorite tracks include: “Intro,” “International Cyberspace,” “Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me,” and “Losing My Mind.”

When listening, can’t help but shake thoughts of Detroit’s hip hop group D12, which included member Eminem. Warren G style as well as Timbaland production are brought to mind on certain tracks.

Overall, the production and flows on the record are clean and tight. Nothing but professional here. So when the release drops, if you’re into good hip hop, chances are you’ll enjoy this.

Vampire Weekend – “I Think UR a Contra:”

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Vampire Weekend – “Horchata:”

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1 Samuel 15:23, Hebrew 11:40, Deuteronomy…  I don’t remember perusing the contemporary Christian music aisle at the record store.  In fact, I don’t even think my local record store has a CCM aisle.  What’s that you say, no mistake was made, this is indeed Mountain Goat’s sixteenth studio album The Life of the World to Come. At the risk of sounding ever-so-cliché, you can’t judge a book by its cover—even if that cover is peppered with Bible verses.

Album opener, “1 Samuel 15:23” is a dark moody number about a crystal healer that never quite reaches its full potential, leaving the listener a bit unsatisfied—although, this may very well be the intention as it does create a massive amount of tension that matches the foreboding vibe.  The next track is the most aggressive on the album and wouldn’t feel any less at home on Heretic Pride.

“Genesis 3:23” is a reminder of why I admire Darnielle as a storyteller.  In the song he breaks into his old home to see how the new owners are living in it.  It’s an idea everyone has thought about.  But Darnielle paints such a beautiful picture of this concept.

If heartbreak is your aim, cycle to track nine, “Matthew 25:21”.  In this autobiographical acoustic track, Darnielle illustrates a visit to a loved one who is dying of cancer.  The song is littered with tremendous prose.  “They hook you up/to a Fentanyl drip/to mitigate the pain a little bit”.  (This may also very well be the most heartrending song in all of Mountain Goat’s sixteen album history.)

The Life of the World to Come is certainly not a spiritual or religious album, despite the inclination some may have due to obvious reasoning.  But what The Life of the World to Come is, is multifaceted and the product of an undeniably gifted songwriter who no doubt, has much more to offer the world.