 28 january 1999
Headliners
Tapes:
Profile/
The Residue
Reggy Lines: “I leave fingerprints because I can touch it.”
We received two tapes at the editorial office released by the
Headliners from The Hague, The Netherlands. And immediately lost
one of the tapes while moving. So for a couple of weeks I was
checking the first tape: The Residue: The devil and his advocate with a cover that’s a nice gimmick
on the movie The Devils Advocate. Syd Riko and Reggy Lines, both also Headliners crew, deliver this tape under the name:
The Residue. And that is what it is, it is the residue. While
the lyrics are always sharp with Reggy Lines the beats are messed
up. Some how none of the beats have a rhythm track speed with
the same melody speed. When the music sentence of the melody is
finished the rhythm track music sentence is still half ways. With
other words: it doesn’t feel all right.
 So www.kosanostra.com helped me out with the lost tape by giving theirs. Finally the
second tape played in mine beloved tape deck. Not very interested
in how this tape would sound I pushed on ‘play’. … Wooooow! Ding-Dong.
Jackpot! This one makes me say damn! Why is it on tape and not
on a 12”!? Headliners headlines with the tape Profile.
The intro is already very nice. But in the first and tittle song:
Profile, Reggy Lines flows like the Nile. Coming ruff rugged and
raw. Showing Reggy Lines and Ryan 2 Times know what they’re doing. The beat comes in right. The melody,
which sounds like a singing saw, is super fat. And the flow of
Reggy is pumping, with the air he used coming out of the belly
and not out of the chest. Which is one of the basic demands for
a good flow. The song has a good chorus line where Reggy Lines
flows in a ragga style. In one of the verses Reggy Lines come
to your ear through a megaphone. Showing he can rock his lyrics
in total different styles.
Blasted away by ‘Profile’ the next song drops in for the real
blast. ‘Always Ready Never Done’ has a slamming rhythm track produced by Ryan 2 Times and Reggy.
Reggy's flow pumping and aggressive. Dope sharp cuts by Ill Co. “Forget to tell ya/If there is no beat no more/ I tell ya A cappella”. As an MC ready to hit and as an artist never done. The Just-Ice
sample says it all: Rock On. Reggy Lines: “I'm leaving finger prints because I can touch it.”
Those two tracks are the best of the nine-track tape Profile.
The others songs are good. Reggy deserves recognition for his
phat verses. Like he claims in the song: “Deserve phat verse recognition.” For more information about Headliners e-mail: tank33@wxs.nl
While searching for the also lost CD of PeeWee, North Side Stylaz, which I promised PeeWee to give it to Rowdy, I finally find...
Yes, the tape Profile of the Headliners. So who wants to have
this tape? E-mail your address through the address in the ART12
colophon and leave your name and address and mention that you
want to have this tape! There is only one tape. |