CX Kidtronik – Krak Attack (Sound Ink Records, 2006)
This former DJ for Anti-Pop Consortium and Saul Williams collaborator loves krak. Not the crack that you smoke, loose your teeth and friends, makes you a bad person and then kills you, but the krak that is attached to a lady. The beats, after learning that CX worked with Anti-Pop, make sense, but only vaguely. They’re frequently electronic in nature, but serve to bolster a number of guest rappers on the 32 track release. At other times there are some southern sounding tracks. Frankly this was difficult to listen to. Mixes end up being completely engrossing (like RJD2’s “Your Face or Your Kneecaps”) or confusing and in this case it’s the later. Without question CX Kidtronik is a talented producer and DJ; he’ll continue touring the world backing up famous emcee’s, selling mixes, but most likely his journey will leave him just a bit out of the spotlight.
