If you overhear a Righteous Gangster on Nostrand Ave discussing the Streets of Africa, Ghetto Youths, and owning Passports, he’s not talking about global affairs. He’s on that Gibril “Foreign Exchange Hustlers” ish, a Between The World And Me ode to old world disorder existing in contemporary times without merit or morality. Be that as it may, Brooklyn-based Ghanian artist Gibril is sewing sound seeds in twenty-sixteen with his alternative Hip Hop collective Gibrilville. Last summer, the rapper’s half player/half soothsayer approach to spoken-word artistry was displayed on his “The Foreigner J.J.C Deluxe” album, a 17-track fact stating rhythm and rhyme collection of art and ideas.
Written by ToneSwep
At times, these messages from Gibril seem a bit mixed - like birthday cake batter delivered on a day you weren’t born. Look and listen more closely, however, and one soon discovers themselves witnessing a true artist’s honest effort to sing freedom and fun in unison. Once incarcerated facing deportation to his native West Africa, the steel-willed frontman soon found release and acceptance in his “Believe In Gibril” mixtape series. Though his latest effort perpetuates the continuum of Gibril’s lyrical output, we anticipate a major audio announcement from this band leader soon.