Siberian Bear Suits (Charles Herron x Chuck Chan) "Siberian Bear Suits" [ALBUM]

 

Charles Herron and Chuck Chan have been building their collaborative identity through a series of singles and sessions before committing it fully to album form with Siberian Bear Suits. Chuck Chan's affiliation with the DITC.com infrastructure places this squarely within an extended lineage of crate-based New York underground hip-hop – his recent collaborative LP with Staten Island's Squeegie Oblong was released through Apple Dizzle and DITC.com, and his production approach reflects the dusty-drums-and-vocal-chops tradition that DITC built its reputation on. Herron provides the primary lyrical voice, and the interplay between the two creates the kind of mutual accountability that marks the best MC-producer partnerships. The CD bonus EP "The Gulag" extends the project with seven additional tracks for committed listeners. The cast of supporting voices – Kil Ripkin, Dynas aka The AlumNY, Boogz Tha Architect, General BackPain, among others – forms a tight underground network rather than a cameo parade, each voice adding weight without diluting the project's identity.