Bleep

Following some good radio play last year, Suicideyear(aka James Prudhomme) has gone from relative obscurity to hooking up with Young Money and carving out a name for himself with a handful of distinctive mixtapes. One of three getting a re-release on Software Recordings, Japan was Suicideyear’s debut full length, and finds the young Baton Rouge producer in typically introverted, melancholy form. Tracks like ‘Hate In My Heart’ and ‘Kuuuuush’ are full of menacing hip-hop swagger, but Prudhomme somehow manages to tease out their sensitive sides – it’s emotive music with a tough, bass heavy heart.