Hybrid the Rapper records out of Frankfort, Kentucky, and has sixty-four releases behind him a catalogue that includes Soundtrack to a Small Town, Eastside Frankfort and Music Therapy, which tells you something about how he thinks about projects. Legend of the Goatman is seven tracks, about twenty-one minutes, and it came out this week. What's worth noting before the music is how he tags himself: hip-hop, underground hip hop, indie rock, and spoken word poetry. That's an unusual combination for a rapper to claim, and the tracklist bears it out. "Personal Anthem," "Aura," "Clairvoyant," "Dreamlike" these are impressionistic titles rather than battle titles, and the sequencing runs from the declarative opening to the hazy closer without a guest appearance anywhere. The title track sits at six, which is a choice: the concept song is placed late, after the mood has been established, rather than used as a hook to sell the record. No producer, mix or mastering credits are listed, and there's no label attached. At seven tracks and twenty-one minutes it's sized as a single sitting, and the self-description suggests a rapper who is more interested in texture than in proving something. For listeners who work through the American underground outside the coastal cities, Kentucky has a small but real scene and this is a solid entry point.
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