#140: the humble & low ep [2011]

"should i join the system i can’t be? or gamble with the heat? cancel all the dreams i speak for dying on my feet? why should i rely on a piece of the pie that’s incomplete? judas with the judge and the jury, hurry to catch defeat."

"a stray bullet wrapped in a love letter from the early days of the millennium. an era of hard rocks and hard rhymes, coupled with a contradictory sense of optimism and expansiveness. an era i recall as grimier and more innocent, at the same time. before mainstream hip hop made the full-on transition from culture to market. before the way we were in the world was put up for sale. before his untimely demise, lastchild lived in the typical cats house. evidence of a lost style. it sounds like him — cynical and sincere, rugged but nimble. he is heartless and plaintive in the same breath. he was a wayward genius, a multi-instrumentalist, a punk rocker and hip hopper, a lost poet, and a last son. he was my brother. he’s gone now. but we’ll see him again—and soon. some leave because they were too swift for babylon to catch. they’ll never touch him now. rest in peace." - denizen kane (lastchild's older brother)

tracklist:
lastchild's lament 01
lastchild speaks 02
lastchild's wrath 03
last shot 04
last days 05

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