Diction Uno is a Portland-based MC with roots going back to his 2010 debut Truth Serum and a track record that includes collaboration with Oldominion's Smoke M2D6 as full producer on a project, as well as connections to Rob Sonic and Apathy. Loosey's Vol. 2 is exactly what the name suggests: a collection of tracks that didn't fit a single-project framework but warranted release on their own terms. Ten cuts, ten collaborators spread across the tracklist – Blackheart, Panama Red, SonTavo, Silas1Wolf, Emiliano Raps, and others – creating a portrait of an MC who maintains a wide network of creative relationships across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The loosie format has a specific function in independent hip-hop: it keeps an artist's name in rotation between major projects, documents ongoing creative activity, and gives collaborators a vehicle. For listeners following Diction Uno's discography, this sits alongside its predecessor as a document of the Portland underground's connective tissue.
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