Dilla, Madlib, Dre, Alchemist, etc., all the greats of late…what is one thing they all have in common? None of them are wearing a sombrero. If they did? You’d get Diego Bernal, the new crime fighter from Texas. That’s right, he is an attorney for a national civil rights organization. But what does he do in his spare time? Well that is easy. Just listen to his newest release, For Corners.

For Corners is a beat album for the people, by the people…or person. Diego has soaked up quite a bit of hip-hop culture throughout his life and travels, as well as latin music, jazz, funk, R and B, and many other things that shine through his music. And Diego is humble enough to pay his respects. The very first track is titled “Diego’s Donut (R.I.P. J Dilla).” Although it does not hold a flame to the recently legendary beat master, because face it, who can hold a flame to Jay Dee?, it still announces great effort into not only the work Diego puts into his music and who he in inspired by, but also what Diego gets out of his music. “Armor Ali’d Out” and “Dusty Sanchez” show Diego’s range and his Latin influence, while many other tracks do the same…gathering amazing breaks to create melodies and beats that are relatively unheard but still sound familiar to the hip-hop regime.

Diego has done what most beat producers long to do: he has taken part of his culture, and other cultures for that matter, and let them burst out in his music. His merge of hip-hop and Latin roots is specifically impressive, and done seamlessly. For Corners is what beats are all about, and Diego has mastered his craft.

RELATED POSTS:

No related posts.