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In the digital era, where anything and (almost) everything can be duplicated en masse with a bit of knowledge of binaries, there’s still something that can’t be copied yet: a human touch. This is what Serge Severe touches on when he talks about a “Rare Flow”. Yes, anyone and (almost) everyone can rap, but are you really saying it, and can you do it well? The public have been lead to believe that if you are a group of eight people strong, all of you are supposed to sound exactly the same so if one of you lose your breath, it’ll sound exactly like a digital file or record. Serge is not like that, and neither is Jon Belz, who is also in the track, nor is Terminill, who produced this. The song is from the Serge/Teriminill EP, Service Without A Smile (which I reviewed here) so if you haven’t heard any hip-hop from Portland, Oregon yet, feel free to start here. Plus, the EP is free, with a few more on the way.
“Rare Flow”? Consider this respect for having an individual flow and production style. We all have influences, but it’s all about how you use the seeds in order to get the forests to grow. This is one tree.
Serge Severe has been recording great music for awhile, and whenever I see that he is about to release new music, I push all other recordings aside and listen to it. Service Without A Smile is a brand new 8-song EP from him, and when someone reaches this level in his discography, it’s great to hear accomplishment, history, and hopefully their next destination, or at least knowing that within an artist’s core center, they are ready to move forward.
As he says in “Words In Motion”, “I got too much hometown pride, homie, F.U.” and the reason for that? In the lines before that, Serge talks about how some people might tell him to not say where he’s from, but Portland, Oregon has been his headquarters, and there’s nothing wrong with saying this, regardless of mainstream and hipster trends. Also, regardless of where he’s from, Serge is a storyteller who not only knows how to write stories, but understands how to perform them. With all of the samples surrounding the title track, complete with layers of guitar and a brutal horn section, I’d love to hear him be able to perform this with musicians who would be able to take the meaning of this song to a bigger level. In a way, the chorus with the line “I heard these nice guys are goin’ out of style/that’s why I’m giving you service without a smile” is a mirror to what hip-hop has become, but Serge feels that no matter how much people things change, you still have to be determined to do things for yourself. If it means he can do this with pride and a smile on his face, then service will be honored by those who understand its importance. Then you have Terminill, a damn good producer who not only constructs damn good beats and songs, but also knows and understands the emphasis of sample and sound placement within Serge’s lyrics.
I don’t care: release three more EP’s, release two more albums, go for a string of singles, collab with whomever. Serge Severe is one of my favorite MC’s from the Pacific Northwest and with or without a smile, I hope he will continue doing what he does in order for people to move towards his way.
(Service Without A Smile is available as a legitimate free download (54.5mb). If you like this, feel free to buy some of Serge Severe’s other albums shown below.)
Serge Severe has united with Terminill for a brand new album with a simple-yet-very-cool (to me at least) cover called Service Without A Smile, and they’re welcoming you in by offering the album to you for free. No joke. Want to know what it sounds like? Sure.
Want it? You can download the entire album from here.
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The show is no more, but you may explore the archives of this great Portland-based podcast while you can. You may now listen to Cort & Bobby in Welcome To That Whole Thing, listed below.
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