What can be said about Binary Star, the short lived duo of One Be Lo (formerly OneManArmy) and Senim Silla that hasn't already been said? A huge staple of the underground hip-hop scene in the early 2000's, these guys had the foresight to see the teetering balance of mainstream ("see now there's hip-hop, then there's hip-pop, hip POP, youknowhatimsayin?") in rap long before anyone even noticed 50 Cent holding an iPod in a music video.
With "Glen Close" off the excellent Masters of the Universe album, we are literally served flowing storytelling rap over one of the smoothest double bass licks grooves ever sampled. The high calibre of One Be Lo's inter-verse rhyming is incredibly evident when the beat jangles into a longing fervour of piano whirlwinds, as he states: "After we parted that's when trouble started/ Patty was actin' all retarded/ I tried to disregard it, but she keep playin' on my phone, and blowin' up my pager/ I wonder, hoe she keep gettin my number?/ But I find out later Patty was a good friend of Brenda, the operator".
This song could be an a capella slam poem, delivered in the late weeknight of an underground speakeasy and still resonate it's message clearly, but the instantly classic beat not only pulls it into the realm of "d-dat' ol' real", it renders this song a defining staple among the underground rap of yesterdecade. Give this song your ears, recognize, and discover the most complimentary tag-team rap duo since Black Star.
Listen.
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