The West Coast rapper known as Hanuman
has released his long-awaited LP record, “Nirvana.” The album
contains 11 original tracks for an approximate total listening time
of half an hour. It has been proudly published on the Blue Lotus Ent.
independent label outside the control of the corporate music
industry. Thumping, grooving, and packed with rock-solid rhymes and
lines, Hanuman's “Nirvana” debut proves him to be a hip-hop force
to be reckoned with.
Originally from CA's Bay Area music
hotbed, Hanuman cites as main influences Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Guru
(Gang Starr), Common, early Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and Immortal
Technique. Music fans familiar with these hip-hop titans will
recognize the artist's good taste, the same good taste on which
“Nirvana” is built.
Hanuman's seemingly innate
understanding of what will sound best pervades every track, from the
tone of each percussion instrument to the careful space between each
beat, and from the deliberate choice of every lyric to the natural,
unpretentious flow of his delivery. “Nirvana” has plenty of
variety between the tracks, but each of them is as good as the last.
Fans of Hanuman are not likely to pick favorites, and if they can do
so, their favorites are likely to change. This is that kind of
record.
Hanuman takes his name from the Hindu
god of the same name, just as his debut LP takes its name from the
Buddhist and Hindu concept of attaining reunion with the godhead.
There's a positivity in his music that makes these titles fitting.
“There's always good in the bad,”
Hanuman writes of the themes of his record. “No matter how bad
things are you can rise above it.”
Philosophical ideas often crop up in
his rap, too.
“Some things can't be understood
unless you experience it personally,” he writes. “Your actions
create your reality. There's a lot of gray in certain human beliefs.
We're all connected, even if we don't realize it.”
Hanuman has lived in Oakland, around
the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, in Las Vegas, and in the northern
California town of Alturas where his rap career began.
He tells it, “I basically hit the
ground running late 2010 with the writing, finishing a mixtape and an
EP. I finished four more mixtapes and four more EPs by December 2014.
I worked on my debut album all of 2015.”
Hanuman's plans include music videos,
promo shows, radio interviews and features, as well as ground-level
street promos. With the top-shelf quality of this record, there's
nothing stopping him from taking it much, much further.
“Nirvana” by Hanuman is available
online worldwide at over 700 digital music stores now. Get in early.
Very early.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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