Late To The Game: Canei Finch's "Morning Music" EP

It can be incredibly hard to keep up with everything that is going on in the hip hop world all at once, so every now and then I will stumble across something considered old (in the hip hop world of course, this could range from 1 day to 1 year and any time in between) but still incredibly dope. I have a feeling I'm going to be making a regular thing out of this, as a rap blogger you like to think you're on top of everything rap music, but sometimes things just slip by you without you even noticing, and in this case, Canei Finch's Morning Music EP was one of those things.

Now if you haven't heard of Canei Finch, you're probably not alone in that matter, but you will definitely get to know him very well if he keeps up at what he's doing. His Morning Music EP was not my first introduction to him, but it's hard to base how you feel someone will sound off of one song (Kendrick Lamar's "West Side, Right On Time"). I knew the guy was a dope producer just from listening to Kendrick's song, you normally get that sort of feel from a beat you listen to and can't get out of your head (it's as if everywhere you go, no matter what you're doing, you find a way for that song to keep the pace of your day up), but looking across other blogs and finding out this guy had put out an EP of not just all songs he produced himself, but also RAPPED over?  I saw a music video for his "The Morning Song" song and instantly had to have more.

                     (Not a bad feel to wake up to, right? *I do not own this video, or the rights to it*)

It's funny the things you can find just scrolling through hip hop blog sites bored out of your mind. And they say curiosity killed the cat... ha!  Apparently before the cat died it found some pretty damn good music as well. Canei Finch was a guy that I had no idea about, and I regret not knowing sooner. The persona you get from listening to songs from your favorite artists and reading the parenthesis saying "prod. by" etc. etc. is practically a ghostly one. When you hear a beat that's so awesome you can't help but get it stuck in your head don't you wish you could figure out who made that beat?  Someone deserves credit dammit!  Anyways, Canei Finch is an example of one of those people. This EP has 90s influence dripping off of it like mayonnaise on a Philly cheese steak sandwich (or something like that, I don't know I'm not from Philly), and the sound is something oh so familiar yet refreshing to hear. "The Morning Song" just makes you want to get up and go do something with your life!  I know I feel empowered already (even though it's 1 A.M. currently, inspiration has no clock), and Canei Finch should give you enough inspiration to go out and do things like he does, whether it be rap, produce, both, or whatever sort of battles you have to get through in your day. Music is the best remedy for those battles, that's for sure.