{"id":74,"date":"2020-08-30T21:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T21:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostsandflowers.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2020-08-30T21:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T21:19:26","slug":"mr-uu-slays-digital-monsters-on-digital-wasteland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostsandflowers.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Uu Slays Digital Monsters on &#8220;Digital Wasteland&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Digital Wasteland<\/em>, the latest project from Phoenix-based Mr. Uu, offers aesthetically diverse and fast-paced hip hop with logged-on sensibilities. Wearing influence on its sleeve, this record quickly switches between pop trap, tread, glitch, and Goth Boi Clique-esque styles. Mr. Uu&#8217;s delivery runs the gamut from fast-paced witticisms to dancehall to yell-shouted distorted vocals. Crisp production and variety really help this record shine. The varying concepts and styles on <em>Digital Wasteland<\/em> pull from assorted corners of online experience, and each track seems to offer something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Electronic Thug&#8221; as an opener certainly sets the tone as a fast-paced catchy head shaker about Twitter trolls or &#8220;digital monsters.&#8221; Kick, snare, percs, and textures pop and sizzle, leaving room for one liners like: &#8220;Follow you on Twitter? No thanks \/ You have more Twitter drama than Azealia Banks.&#8221; Tracks like &#8220;For the Camera&#8221; or &#8220;All Used Up&#8221; are slower-paced, sadboi-esque songs with rap-sung vocals, whereas tracks (mostly towards the latter half of the record) like &#8220;Darksyde,&#8221; &#8220;The Beast Inside,&#8221; &#8220;Treal,&#8221; and &#8220;Karma&#8221; take on darker, more amped-up shouted delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Overall, it&#8217;s an interesting record that&#8217;s well done and has a lot going on: production, vocals, one liners, and variety are strong points. It&#8217;s fun to see Mr. Uu incorporate references to <em>Digimon<\/em>,<em> A Nightmare on Elm Street<\/em>, <em>Speed Racer<\/em>, and other pop cultural touchstones into the aesthetic medley that is <em>Digital Wasteland<\/em>. He collects stylistic influence in a similar way to bridge the gap between seemingly distinct media and moods. Fans of Death Grips, Injury Reserve, JPEGMAFIA, Xavier Wulf, Craig Xen, or the substantial umbrella term that is &#8220;Soundcloud rap&#8221; might find a lot to like here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Digital Wasteland\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0G0fGaEbV5XqLgMMEdeFBG?si=jHirkfOpRpexbvCvnEEjTA\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0G0fGaEbV5XqLgMMEdeFBG?si=jHirkfOpRpexbvCvnEEjTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Digital Wasteland<\/em> on Spotify<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Wasteland, the latest project from Phoenix-based Mr. Uu, offers aesthetically diverse and fast-paced hip hop with logged-on sensibilities. 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