An album called Cloudy Above Kodak can only be about one city – the Kodak reference points straight at Rochester, New York, and "Dubland Underground" is the first single from that forthcoming record by Rochester emcees Kai Onyx and Yogi Barry, produced entirely by YEAROFJORDN, who pulls double duty as producer and rapper. With Magic Gretzky and Curtis Coke along as guests, the single is a five-name posse affair that plays like a scene flexing its depth rather than a solo star collecting verses. The structural setup deserves attention: a single producer shaping an entire album for a two-MC unit is the configuration that gave upstate New York rap its recent renaissance, and Rochester has been quietly feeding that wave with its own gray-skies palette – the album title's permanent cloud cover reads like both weather report and mission statement. The visual comes directed by by.phresh with coloring by alondonjoint, released through the YOJ Records/CLC/PhreshCompany camp. Buffalo got the headlines; Rochester's been taking notes and sharpening pens. If the album holds the single's energy, Cloudy Above Kodak could be the next upstate transmission worth pulling the antenna up for.
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