Broom Man – “Spoof” Prod. by Illinformed (EP Review)
Manchester, England, United Kingdom emcee Broom Man enlisting London jazz rap/boom bap producer Illinformed to solely produce his solo debut extended play. Someone who up until this point has yet to drop a collection of material under his own name, yet was introduced to him through his appearances on Cult of the Damned leader Lee Scott’s sophomore effort Stupid Poignant Sh!t. And considering that history, it doesn’t come as a shock for Blah Records to be the one who’s backing Spoof seeing the light of day.
After the intro, “BRM” hooks up a downtrodden boom bap instrumental so the Broom Man can lay out some gritty hardcore lyricism whereas “Safe Safe” works in some pianos mixed with kicks & snares to discuss his shit being pure. “Ovis” featuring Lee Scott finds the pair joining forces over a funky beat so they can talk about their egos driving them to places they didn’t want to go to just before “Astronope” brings some ominous chords in the picture discussing everything being fun & guns until getting stuck up for what you know.
“Monster City” maintains the boom bap vibes talks about being here to kick knowledge instead of lurking across the dance floors while “Kuato” after the “Quaid” interlude eerily speaks of opening our minds. “Zack Morris” gets back on the funkier tip instrumentally talking about being dafter trying to escape the fishnet & after the title track dustily makes it clear he could care less of appealing to a wider crowd, “Mr. Pope” featuring Bisk spends the concluding minutes of Spoof teaming up for a hardcore boom bap outro.
So it turns out the Broom Man began recording Spoof with Illinformed back in 2013 after he had recorded his verse for Stupid Poignant Sh!t until a devastating fire at the Blah Mansion in Blackburn, Lancashire convinced the label that the 22 minute recordings were destroyed & scrapped it. Thankfully, they were able to recover those lost sessions somehow someway & give the world his proper musical introduction outside of guest appearances the way it was initially conceived.
Score: 8/10
