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Infinite P aka I-Peezy
Westword Thee Album
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IP, better known as Infinite Potential but more recently as I-Peezy, is a pioneer of the Calgary hip hop scene solo and as a member of both Endangered Species and NWNB, but Westword Thee Album is my first encounter with his music. A fan of J Dilla and Moka Only, it’s easy to guess the vibe of his music: chill, soulful hip hop. The beats could do with more low end – whether drum, bass or even keys as on “So Complete” and “Turn It Up” – and a few of the beats are far too simple (“Bad & Good,” “What’s Goin On”), but overall they get the head nodding and a few are truly, fantastically odd ball (“Can’t Change Your Opinion,” “Mountains”). IP drops some dope rhymes with lines like “my beats is so heaven you can hear God clapping” and “Fo’ sho’, dawg, before I ever did shows, dawg / I spit with my homey that introduced me to No Dawg,” and the hook for “In The Evening” is catchy, but the subject matter throughout is pretty limited – mostly braggadocio, odes to weed and straightforward sex raps. A self-professed Christian, it would have been interesting to hear some of his thoughts on that topic. Still, IP gets more creative on collaborations with Moka, and I heard a bit of politics in there, somewhere. Problem is, IP’s delivery is monotone and flat; he could use more inflection, as he does on “All They Do.” At 25 tracks, some going back three or more years, Westword Thee Album contains a lot of filler, but “Can’t Change Your Opinion,” “So Complete,” “Out Ya Window,” “Turn It Up,” “Rockin Wit Peezy” and a couple others are keepers while “Fuck Her” is just god awful. By no means groundbreaking, there’s still a damn fine EP buried within Thee Album. [Thomas Quinlan]
independent
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