Milo- I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here (Free Album)

You can slam a late pass in my face because a site that crowned Open Mike Eagle's "Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes" as their 2011 Album of the Year should have known about Milo a long time ago.

On his debut album, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here, Milo's blend of self help hop and computerized soul folk swings smoothly over a grab bag of noise from Flying Lotus, Freddie Joachim, Madlib, Com Truise, fLako, Shlomo, and others. The binary bleeps provided by these popular purveyors of post-hop pops and hisses are a perfect accessory to Milo's dry perspectives on life, love, and music. His self deprecation, obscure references, and nerdisms will remind you a lot of Busdriver and the aforementioned Open Mike Eagle, but are authentic and his own. What I dig most about Milo is his ability to balance the silly and the serious. Some MCs get caught up in a vortex of wordplay and topical concepts, but never expose who they really are. There were numerous times on this album where Milo showed his vulnerability and allowed listeners to connect to something deeper than his expert way with words.

If I knew about this release when it dropped in November of last year, there is no doubt it would have landed high on my end of the year list(s). Milo is a 19-year old MC with an old soul and a talent with words far beyond his years that nix any conversations about his potential growth.

Better late than never. The music world is ravenous for this brain food.

Here is my favorite track and the full download below.

Milo- The Thief of Always


Download: Milo- I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here (Free Album)