Review: P.O.S., Audition

P.O.S., AuditionDepending on his mood and the need of the moment, the initials in Stefon Alexander’s stage name can stand for Pissed Off Stef, Promise Of Skill, Promise Of Stress, or Piece Of Shit. The first two phrases are ones at work on Audition. (It’s his second album, but it’s bound to reach a wider audience than his self-released debut.) The leading light of the Twin Cities’ Doomtree rap collective (the up-and-coming younger cousin of Atmosphere’s Rhymesayers), P.O.S. first put down musical roots in punk, and his sensibility fuses punk’s painful sincerity and social consciousness with indie-rap’s self-awareness and musicality. The result falls between Slug’s disarmingly inward-looking honesty and Rage Against The Machine’s furious calls to action, and largely takes the best from both worlds.

Originally published on avclub.com Feb 1, 2006. Read the complete article.

WordPress Themes

Spam prevention powered by Akismet