Kool Moe Dese [LP]

Big Dese & Confidence - Kool Moe Dese [LP]

Boston area emcee Big Dese and producer Confidence combine forces for ''Kool Moe Dese''. The eight-track long projectwill drop via Below System Records digitally on May 16th as well as in a limited vinyl edition of 100 yellow copies and 200black.Propelled by singles ''Strike Back'' and ''Melt'' featuring Oak Lonetree listeners get an example of the duo's punchlineheavy bars and sample-based soundscapes. Besides Oak Lonetree other guests on the album are Just Pete and KingAuthor.Big Dese, over two decades deep in the game makes a masterclass of balancing lyrical disrespect and self-deprecation.Fellow Massachusetts neighbor and producer Confidence has laced tracks and projects for such notables as The Legion,Neek The Exotic, Purpose (Tragic Allies), Rashad and Edo G. He specializes in creating an ill array of head-nodderscrafted from deep, dusty crates of funk, soul, disco and other vinyl sources.The emcee and producer initially met over two decades ago. Speaking on the genesis of ''Kool Moe Dese'' Confidencerecalled ''I was working on a beat recently and found some old vocals from Dese that were never used. I put the vocalsover the beat and sent them over to him. He was feeling it and decided to write new lyrics for it and we just startedbuilding from there.'' Regarding the album title Dese added ''I always like to do a play on words on my name for myalbum titles. This one had such a classic Hip Hop feel to it I decided to reference a classic Hip Hop figure.''