Lazy K, Life in One Day - 37m 57s

Tracks & Durations

1. Life in one day	4:11
2. Little Brah	4:02
3. The lie	2:59
4. My stories	4:13
5. Joint #9	1:31
6. Marley 2	3:00
7. Gas station blues	4:47
8. Asswatcher	5:11
9. Survival skills	2:53
10. Parallels of a catastrophe	5:02

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Review

Before there was Beck, there was Basehead, the D.C.-based brainchild of Mike Ivey. Much as Beck's recordings would do later, Basehead's 1991 debut, Play with Toys, combined scraps of hip-hop, country, blues, funk, and rock to create a minimalist, ahead-of-its-time version of slacker-rap. When Basehead hit the road, Ivey hired young go-go veteran Keith Lofton to play the guitar parts. Lofton eventually formed his own D.C.-based band, Lazy K, to update Basehead's alternative hip-hop sound for a new generation. For the first Lazy K album, Life in One Day, Lofton wrote, arranged, and produced all 10 tracks and played most of the instruments as well.

Lofton isn't as radical a conceptualist as Ivey, and Life in One Day doesn't mix-and-match influences quite as boldly as the Basehead discs did; instead the disc relies heavily on slinky funk grooves and murmuring, conversational raps. Lofton is a better singer and guitarist than Ivey, though, and Lazy K boasts catchier melodies, more danceable beats and a warmer overall sound than its predecessor. The most appealing aspect of Life in One Day is Lofton's storytelling; forsaking the fantasy worlds of "gangsta" braggadocio and militant sloganeering, he describes the real-world complexity facing a young man today. He confesses to lustful desires but also acknowledges his failure to make his girlfriend happy; he describes both the bleakness and the stimulation of Washington's streets; he details the "Survival Skills" needed on those streets but also holds out hope that his "Little Brah" can have an easier time of it. --Geoffrey Himes

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Life in One Day

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 38m 4s (+0m 7s)

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