Review - Galvanized Tron - ST
“Surprisingly refreshing and interesting hip hop from Omaha”
Galvanized Tron
S/T
Omaha, NE
Galvanized Tron (or Robert Jefferson if you would rather) has been freestyling since 1991, and making beats since 2000. Knowing that he has been at it so long, it is surprising that this album is his debut. Even more surprising than that is that a hip hop album so musically interesting and lyrically fresh is someone’s first studio effort.
The 9-song-long Galvanized Tron opens with “I Bust You Combust”, an absolute banger. The first 30 seconds of the song are very representative of what the album has to offer. Tron seems to understand that most people won’t listen to an entire album, so you’ve got to grab them immediately. Thankfully, Tron never lets up, and never lets go; the time, effort, and thought put into one cut is present in all.
Tron has a style all his own, which is more than can be said for most hip hoppers these days. It sounds like dance-hip hop, and it reads like a well thought-out, meaningful (yet fun) poem. Tron doesn’t waste too much time boasting about money, fame, and girls; but when he does hit on those topics, he does it well (see: “You Nasty”, with the line “without the bling I’m cool; she’s after my family jewels!”). In the meantime, Tron covers just about every topic worth spitting about.
Hip hop can be fun and great, but lately it seems so crowded and stuffy. Galvanized Tron is a breath of much-needed fresh (and original) air in the scene.
- Hugh McIntyre
www.reverbnation.com/galvanizedtron
Galvanized Tron
S/T
Omaha, NE
Galvanized Tron (or Robert Jefferson if you would rather) has been freestyling since 1991, and making beats since 2000. Knowing that he has been at it so long, it is surprising that this album is his debut. Even more surprising than that is that a hip hop album so musically interesting and lyrically fresh is someone’s first studio effort.
The 9-song-long Galvanized Tron opens with “I Bust You Combust”, an absolute banger. The first 30 seconds of the song are very representative of what the album has to offer. Tron seems to understand that most people won’t listen to an entire album, so you’ve got to grab them immediately. Thankfully, Tron never lets up, and never lets go; the time, effort, and thought put into one cut is present in all.
Tron has a style all his own, which is more than can be said for most hip hoppers these days. It sounds like dance-hip hop, and it reads like a well thought-out, meaningful (yet fun) poem. Tron doesn’t waste too much time boasting about money, fame, and girls; but when he does hit on those topics, he does it well (see: “You Nasty”, with the line “without the bling I’m cool; she’s after my family jewels!”). In the meantime, Tron covers just about every topic worth spitting about.
Hip hop can be fun and great, but lately it seems so crowded and stuffy. Galvanized Tron is a breath of much-needed fresh (and original) air in the scene.
- Hugh McIntyre
www.reverbnation.com/galvanizedtron