Review: Various Artists – Peg City Enterprise Vol. 2

I’ve been hard on rap music in this magazine before. So before I begin this review, I need to make something clear: I do not hate rap music. I appreciate the skill that goes into rap, and the rhymes that many of these artists can come up with are great. I think that one of the reasons I’m hard on rap is because the experiences that rappers have gone through are so far removed from my own that it is hard to relate to. But enough about myself, it is time for me to look at the newest release from Peg Town Entertainment. This CD functions similarly to a mixtape. It contains fifteen tracks from several different artists on the label, including Tha M.I.C, Zkilla, and Ed E Buk. The beats are well-constructed and don’t feel amateurish at all, and the raps are well done too. There are quite a few talented voices in the Winnipeg hip hop scene that haven’t been discovered yet, and this album highlights some of these voices. I would like to hear some solo albums next time from these artists. Definitely give this album a listen. (Peg Town Entertainment, www.pegtownentertainment.com) Charles Lefebvre