On television, images of suburban neighborhoods are often grainy. They only get there on the occasion of current eventswhen we see them in CCTV videos, where people they move jerkily and it is not always easy to understand what is happening. They are our only glimpse into a world that we wish didn’t belong to us, lo let’s avoid changing the channel e scrolling to the next post when it happens to us on Instagram. It scares usand it is not enough for us to ignore it, we would like to eliminate it like any unsolvable problem, close it somewhere where it can’t hurt anyone.
There are those who do not have the privilege of choosing whether to eliminate it or not, because according to some superficial narrative it is itself the problem. These are those who don’t need to turn on the television to see what they are saying television newsthe eyes are their cameras and in their stories people don’t move jerkily: everything is said without filters, as The Angel of Evilthe new album by Baby Gang.
To tell it, Paola Zukarmanager of Fabri Fibra and Marracash that on the occasion of the album presentation she is just a simple fan of the genre, she mentions The Indifferent Of Moravialike those who pretend that everything about the world of Baby Gang doesn’t concern them, and Chuck D of the Public Enemywhich defined rap «the CNN of the ghetto».
With Evil Angel the rap returns to being the most genuine story of neighborhood life and all the related difficulties. A record born in the midst of a thousand obstacles that Baby Gang, stage name of Zechariah Mouhib, he recorded while he was (and still is) under house arrest. Know the context in which the album took shape is of fundamental importance to its comprehension. It wasn’t always possible to record together with the artists Baby collaborated with, and it was all done in the limits of the permissions granted by the judge.
He was never able to stay away from home beyond eight in the evening, and most of the recordings took place at his home. Evil Angel unites two generations of artists: the most expert counts among its representatives Marracash, Gue, Emis Killa, Jake La Furia, Fabri Fibra, Rocco Hunt, Gemitaiz and Madmanwhile in the new one they are found Sfera Ebbasta, Geolier, Blanco, Lazza, Tedua, Ernia, Rkomi, Paky, Simba La Rue and Niko Pandettaall hosted on bases produced by Higashi, 2ndroof, Michelangelo, Bobo and other.
Listening to it you have the impression of being in front of an instant classic, which consecrates the new music scene formed, among others, by second generation immigrant kids. The concept of «Ghetto CNN» it is what best suits the album, the narration of some social contexts is now delegated and entrusted to those who experience them first hand.
