Dyme Def - Yuk The World (Deluxe Edition) (album stream)

Seattle's premier hip-hop trio Dyme Def is pleased to present their brand new LP Yuk The World, which is now available through all major digital retailers. As you would expect, the album is stacked with energetic and original material from top to bottom. Backed again by BeanOne and Brainstorm on the boards, Dyme Def serves as a reminder that the Pacific NW finally has top rank talent that it can represent. Take heed, listen close, Dyme Def is here to be heard.


Click the iTunes buy link to preview and/or purchase the 33 track deluxe edition, equipped with digital liner notes.
Released by: Yuk Records
Release/catalogue number: DM360-060
Release date: Dec 6, 2011

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Dyme Def is back in business with 'Yuk the World'

Not that Seattle hasn't always had energetic hip-hop performers, but Dyme Def felt especially explosive compared to what else was going on in 2007, when they hit local rock clubs performing their debut album "Space Music." To see Fearce Villain, Brainstorm and S.E.V. trade mics over up-tempo beats was a special thing. They were young, hungry and invested in being a group — a lost art in hip-hop.

That feels like a long time ago. The trio spent subsequent years getting friendlier with Seattle's downtown nightlife scene — dance clubs and late parties, tight dresses and button-down shirts — and made music reflecting that. They gained and lost fans with "Three Bad Brothaaas" (2008), "Panic" (2009) and the divisive "Sex Tape" (2010). And while none of that music was bad, it eventually developed clichéd, somewhat cynical characteristics in the emcees, who have always been at their best when expressing complex emotions, telling stories or crafting witty turns of phrase.

The good news about Dyme Def's new album, "Yuk the World," is that the rappers seem to know that. The best song comes second to last, the thumping, Janet Jackson-sampling "Time Flies," where Brainstorm raps about how Fearce Villain "changed the game" back in 2007 with the song "Let It Be," from "Space Music." That track borrowed a chunk from the classic Beatles song, with Fearce rapping about the pain of growing up with an abusive, alcoholic father. "Let It Be" was always their rawest, most affecting song, the one that indicated Dyme Def had depth underneath the flash.

Now Brainstorm has his own "Let It Be" on "Yuk the World": "When It Rains" features a long solo verse with no chorus about his own paternal abandonment issues. Brainstorm strikes the same tone as Fearce — strong, reflective — and tells his story without mincing words. It's deep stuff.

The other rappers' solo tracks are great, too, especially S.E.V.'s "The Heist Pt. 1." As the suspenseful beat comes to life squeaking and clicking, S.E.V.'s rapid-fire lyrics unfold like a TV cop drama. Like almost all the music on "Yuk the World," it was made by Dyme Def's original producer, Bean One.

At 23 tracks, "Yuk the World" is a bit long — probably some of the songs about how "we're going to make it" could have been cut — but the album is generally a very encouraging look for Dyme Def, who might have to rebuild their buzz with some of Seattle's more fickle rap fans. But they're back and better than ever.

From the featured story by Andrew Matson as published in the Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com

Links
http://yuktheworld.com/
http://dymedef.com/
http://www.facebook.com/yukeverything
http://www.myspace.com/dymedef
https://twitter.com/#!/DymeDef
http://www.last.fm/music/Dyme+Def
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyme_Def