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Luke Geraty
It's Cold Out Here
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Burgundy Smile
2. It's Cold Out Here
3. Last Episode of Funk
4. Push Your Lighter Up
5. Burn Down the Bridge
6. Brandon's Folly
7. I Wanna Be a Rock Star
8. Crayons
9. Sunset of Smiles
10. Lack of Erasers
11. Satan's Little Angel
12. Habitually Lacking
13. Gas Station Love
14. A Day in the Life of...
15. Pandemonium
16. Dislocated Reality
17. Labor of Love
18. Footprints
19. Whispers
20. Usher in the Spring

CD Details

All Artists: Luke Geraty
Title: It's Cold Out Here
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Syntax Records
Original Release Date: 10/1/2003
Release Date: 10/1/2003
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Style: Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 180
SwapaCD Credits: 180
UPC: 026297762124

Synopsis

Album Description

Hook-rich and funk-laden are a couple of phrases to describe a deep and creative album. Luke writes most of the lyrics and has a laid back yet unusually sharp take on life and spirituality. For me the album rises head and shoulders above the norm due in main to the scratches and production, much of which is laid on by Jayvee and Know 1 of Soft Focus. These guys deliver the richest, smoothest, multi-layered hooks and loops that I have heard in a long time. Loads of progression and plenty of unexpected stuff crop up in track after track. This is one of those albums that has the unusual ability of throwing up more and more surprises and meanings spin on spin. "Burgundy Smile" (now there's a title) sets the pace with its chill out transience that hints that this is no ordinary hip-hop. Soon, "Last Episode Of Funk" drops an (early) De La Soul-style groove with a retro feel, a candidate for major air play if ever I heard one. "Crayons" featuring Moi is a sombre biographical tale of a lost girl that meanders (poetically) through the struggles of rejection and hope of acceptance. Shortly followed by the cautionary tale of the ultimate temptress in "Satan's Little Angel", a tight funk guitar-driven beat makes this an infectious slice that despite its foreboding subject matter is often tongue-in-cheek. "'Labor Of Love" is a beautifully crafted and progressive Job-like cry of pain and loss that is surprisingly smooth and harmonic with a very frank chorus; soul searching stuff. This album is a breath of fresh air, a must have.

CD Reviews

Quality Junk

David W. Kincannon II | Denver, CO, USA | 06/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Few people in the mainstream know the name Luke Geraty. That just goes to prove how unfair rap music is. While Li'l John can make a song a hit just by saying "Yeah" a few times, underground heads toil in obscurity just for the satisfaction of writing quality rhymes and making great songs. So is the plight of Luke Geraty. When putting on this cd, two things will jump out at you.

First, the cd is dark. The beats are dark, the topics are (for the most part) dark, and the tone of Geraty's voice is dark. That's not to say he doesn't like to have fun. Pandemonium, featuring Pigeon John and Red Cloud is an extremely fun track, and there are a few skits/extras that are amusing. However, deriving most of his influence from the Def Jux/Aniticon style of hip hop means that the album mostly eschews the bouncy beats that seem to be saturating hip hop at the moment.

Second, Luke is deep. This is separate from the previous. Just because something is dark, doesn't mean that it's deep. The Geto Boys' "My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me" is dark, but not really deep. Luke Geraty goes into some fairly deep topics on this disc. Whether it's failed relationships, abuse, past failings, WWII Japanese Internment Camps, the loss of one's children, etc. he tackles it with conviction and passion.

If you're into hip hop that has heart and intelligence, pick up this disc. You won't be disappointed."

-- creatively revolutionary --

Tenacious Dan | Canada | 11/08/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is one of the few Christian hip-hop albums that is not laden in cheese. The lyrics are real, raw, and emotional, detailing real life struggles and real life victories. The cuts used are by far creative, and dare I say experimental, avoiding the mainstream plethora of cheap sounding drum machines and tired rhythms.

All of this is to say that the album is well worth, at the least, to listen to you, if not to buy. There are few tracks that are mediocre."