
Moonlight Grammar
“Lies, Cages and Sharks”
Review by: Kaleb Bronson
Michigan’s UP (Upper Peninsula) gave Moonlight Grammar some creative angst against the system prior to creating his first LP, “Lies, Cages and Sharks” and making Minneapolis his hip hop home.
The typical vinyl playing in the background intro does not let the listener down on this album. “Everything in moderation, including moderation” is one of the first lines spit by Moonlight Grammar on the opening track, “Everything’s A Remix,” which includes Prince References and anti-smoking incentives. For his first album, Moonlight Grammar has a “bomb about to go off,” and it is obvious that his rhymes are not elementary. The political landscape interwoven with the Fill in the Breaks styled beats supplies a fist pumping, head bouncing stylistic treat for hip hop heads. (more…)
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