Angerville

Repping Toronto’s Parkdale community, Angerville have built a bit of hype for themselves in the last few months with a couple of free online releases: The Anger Management EP, with producer Gamshooter, and the mix-tape This Hits for Free. Rebellion may be their first album to cost money but at 22 tracks and over 70 minutes, Angerville are certainly willing to make it worth your while. Gamshooter returns with his smooth but gritty, New York underground-influenced production. However, he does make a few attempts at a different sound, with the Japanese-sounding "The Way We Do,” building a beat out of clock sounds for the conceptual "60 Seconds,” bringing the horns in abundance on "The Rules” and drenching the drums in synth for "Nobody Cares,” which features a wicked verse from frequent Angerville collaborator Kdot. Lyrically, Conscious Thought and Fortunato rep the streets but do so while avoiding many of the clichés prevalent amongst T.O. street rappers, and with more skill, as well. Sure, they brag and boast ("The Way We Do” and "Nobody Cares”) and get rebellious ("The Rules” and first single "Break the Law”) but they also get emo ("Dear Dad” and "My Valentine”) and conceptual ("Rap Mistress,” "8Bit” and "60 Seconds”). Angerville have created a well-rounded album held together by Gamshooter’s cohesive sound. They are definitely a crew to watch.