Zero Fecal Matter

On first appearances, ‘Dr Aden’ is Bobby Ray’s version of Lil Wayne’s Carter III classic ‘Dr Carter’. But on closer listening, ‘Dr Aden’ eschews the relatively shallow metaphor that undepinned Weezy’s hit single in order to really probe the culture of secrecy that pervades American society. Probably unintentionally, B.o.B. has tapped a real vein of anti-Government sentiment that has engulfed the world of late courtesy of one humble Aussie, Julian Assange and his Wikileaks compadres. Interspersed with soundbytes warning of population control operations, AIDs vaccine cover-ups and top-secret military ops in Central America, ‘Dr Aden’ is a masterful stroke of narrative rapping. Not only was I instantly impressed by how B.o.B. took rhyming the ‘-ation’ sound to another level (who even knew that many words ended with the suffix?!) but ‘Dr Aden’ is also outstandingly coherent. There is not enough space here to prattle on about the merits of his latest mixtape success. Suffice to say no genre will hold him back. (via One A Day)