Who would review a project that is less than 15 minutes long? Me, that's who. Why? Because I am more considered about quality than quantity; if it is 15 minutes of quality why does that deserve less press than 70 minutes of the same or less quality? The answer is quite simple: it doesn't. So now we have that out of the way let's talk about "More Than Meets The Eye" the new EP by Koncept and Tranzformer. What we have here is 15 minutes of great hip hop music with Koncept spitting all of the verses and Tranzformer handling all the production. More importantly than how much they each do is that it is top notch music that you will certainly be listening to again after it is over (advantage of it being under 15 minutes more is that you are left craving more.) It is about that time to go track by track, so here it goes.
A lone piano and a great female soul voice begins "High" before Koncept enters at the same time as Tranzformer adds the drums. While you might think you know what this track is about, Koncept's first verse dispels that "This ain't a weed track, rather heres some feedback distortion its high that can only be seen by importance." Yes ladies and gentlemen, its a track about how damn great music is and how it can be better than any drug out there. (If you are wondering I do honestly believe it is better.)
*scratch* (you really think I give a shit) *horns build and build* (the magic of love) so begins "How I Show Up" before the full force of Koncept and Transformer's beat (drums, horn, choir) hits my headphones. *BOOM* (done to perfection.) Instead of a love song that you expect, it instead about the lack of love Koncept feels for fake women and fake supporters. In case you haven't realized this, there is a lot of misdirection on the songs because there is "More than Meets the Eye" to this EP.
Jefferson Price provides the only guest appearance on the uplifting chorus of "Change." Transformer begins the track with the sound of a music box before adding drums on top and once Koncept enters on his actual verse he replaces the music box with some great synths. The wordplay by Koncept shines on this track such as the line "I've seen the leaves fall along with my autumns passed now lets stay off of that I'm positively more of that Ive watched the snow melt," of course there is more but do not see writing an over amount of quotes when you should just download the album and check it yourself, because there will be lines you catch that others won't at first.
"Look Back" is a track that actually shows the listener what it is upfront, a soulful beat that provides Koncept a great backdrop to reminisce on his life, the good and bad (mostly negative) but in the chorus he decides to make life work for him and keep moving on "So good bye but look back, think I now can, rewind reflect reset, without them lost friends, lost fam, lost pain, if all goes to plan, I'll restore life always."
The laid back track "Day Dreaming" ends the "More Than Meets The Eye" EP. The beat is a great combination of slaps, horns, and strings while Koncept talks about one of the biggest dilemmas facing any and all musicians, the fact that life still goes on around you, in other words you still have responsibilities even while you are making quality music as he says "Hard to focus on anything other than my music cause I know its meant to be."
While the project may be just under 15 minutes in length, Koncept and Tranzformer created some high quality hip hop. The idea of misdirection and transformation is handled very well throughout the 5 songs. What "More Than Meets The Eye" really shows us is now matter the length of the project if you put your mind to it you can create something worth while that the listener will want to listen to again and again, and that is the case with this EP.
Download the "More than Meets The Eye" from DJ Booth right here.
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