Verbal Kent – “The Dagger” | “Game Face”

I told you 2 years ago that there’s no end in sight for Chicago’s hip-hop hegemony. Funny thing is, I made that statement because of Kanye, Lupe, and Rhymefest. Since then we’ve seen the Cool Kids, Gemstones, Yung Berg (unfortunately), and Kid Sister rise from obscurity to prominence. It’s as if Mayor Daley is churning these folks out at some build-a-dope-mc-factory in Illinois.

Verbal Kent is also straight outta the Windy City. I won’t call him Chicago’s next best thing, but Verb is ridiculously intense on the mic. He puts his heart in his rhymes and still sounds fierce as hell. If you like what you hear from VK, then go cop his latest album, Fist Shaking.

On the web
myspace.com/VerbalKent

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