I wasn't sure how to start the review, so this is what I'm going with: It's damn near perfect. Which is surprising considering the length of the album'rounding out at an ambitious 23 tracks. As you know, some albums are unnecessarily prolonged. Artists feel the need to cram their entire catalog into one LP, leaving the listener with a bevy of songs (mostly noise pollution) to wade through. This is not the case with Canadian hip-hop artist Moka Only's latest effort, Carrots and Eggs. Thirteen years since his debut, ...

Recorded alongside The Desired Effect, Moka Only's much compromised solo return, Vermilion is composed of whatever songs didn't suit the radio-friendly mood of the former, along with a few updates for Urbnet's release two years later. 'We got the filthy old Moke back,' he raps, and that means the West Coast's Most Prolific is back to rapping and sampling, but now he's better able to express himself using the skills and experience acquired during his prior stint with Swollen Members. Though sunny'positive songs such as 'Banana ...