There are pockets of the underground so far from any center that they operate by entirely their own logic, and James Joyce the Squatch belongs to one of them. "Pick Your Poison" is the kind of track that resists the usual reference points — the production is unconventional, the delivery doesn't follow a familiar template, and the energy shifts in ways that keep a listener off-balance in a productive sense. What's consistent is the conviction. This is music that comes from a specific place and doesn't make any effort to meet the listener halfway, which is its own kind of commitment. For those who dig into the margins of independent hip-hop, this is exactly the kind of find that makes the digging worthwhile.
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