{"id":177392,"date":"2023-02-04T10:01:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=177392"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:56:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:56:28","slug":"video-crimeapple-encore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-crimeapple-encore\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: CRIMEAPPLE &#8211; Encore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-sOZUnnpxjU\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Embracing his career path as an emcee\/entertainer, <strong>CRIMEAPPLE<\/strong> returns with his latest solo effort, <em>El Cantante<\/em>, which serves as an ode to <strong>Hector Lavoe<\/strong> and <strong>The Fania Era<\/strong> of salsa music&#8217;s profound storytelling.\u00a0 Although devoid of any guest appearances, <strong>CRIME<\/strong> is joined by a supporting cast of praise-worthy producers throughout the project who include <strong>Bohemia Lynch<\/strong> <em>(Westside Gunn<\/em>), <strong>Michaelangelo<\/strong> <em>(Avenue, Vel the Wonder)<\/em> as well as his frequent collaborator,<strong> Buck Dudley<\/strong>, among others. And while there are tracks that borrow aesthetics akin to Latin music\u2014such as the syncopated rhythm patterns on \u201cTuesday,\u201d or the looping pan flute heard on \u201cOut the Way\u201d\u2014you\u2019ll still find the archetypal soundscapes that have defined CRIME\u2019s discography. These include the soulful\/zone-inducing loops on tracks like the album opener, <em>\u201cMy Song,\u201d<\/em> as well as \u201c<em>Together<\/em>,\u201d \u201c<em>Encore<\/em>,\u201d and \u201c<em>Precious<\/em>.\u201d And then there are the chest-pounding bangers like \u201c<em>Cosos<\/em>,\u201d where <strong>CRIME<\/strong> lyrically remains in his bag with unrelenting, braggadocious rhymes: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">\u201cYou cheesecake, rappers know I get on this shit and eat great \/ Get better at any take and drop on anyone\u2019s release date\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">All in all, <em>El Cantante<\/em> is a self-realization of sorts <strong>CRIMEAPPLE<\/strong> shares his current life perspectives and touches on what it\u2019s like to be considered a hip-hop legend by many, while also reflecting on the path that brought him to this point in his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"177393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-crimeapple-encore\/crimeapple-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crimeapple.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crimeapple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crimeapple.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-177393 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crimeapple.jpg?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crimeapple.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crimeapple.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crimeapple.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Embracing his career path as an emcee\/entertainer, CRIMEAPPLE returns with his latest solo effort,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-K9a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}