It's been almost five years since MC Hawking first burst onto the stage of hardcore rap with his self-produced EP, The Hawkman Cometh . In all that time MC Hawking has never aimed for anything less than a comprehensive overview of contemporary scientific thought, expressed through the medium of gangsta rap. The careening power so abundant on his first two albums hasn't been diluted it's been given focus and substance. The albums backing tracks reflect a similar transformation. DJ Doomsday has always had a masterful sense of how to construct dense, insistent accompaniment to Hawking's roar.
Doomsday still brings the noise, but the noise is more varied there's even a move toward melody.
MC Hawking is looking to the future, not with apocalyptic despair but with fiery eyes fixed firmly on the prize. Hawking a welcome, bracing triumph.