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继 2018 年金音奖入围的《炮打司令部》后，中文嘻哈界绝无仅有的共产主义饶舌歌手钟翔宇与英国制作人 Ransom-Notes 马不停蹄地联手炮制出六首歌的新专辑《星星之火》，相较于上张专辑还有如〈保力达B〉、〈偶像的手册〉等比较诙谐幽默的歌曲，这张专辑显得更加严肃而深入的阐述自己的意识形态。
即使如此，这张专辑并没有流于自我重复的说教，而是透过自己在美国成长过程亲眼目睹的（台湾媒体跟好莱坞电影不告诉你的）具体事实，钟翔宇戳破所谓的“美国梦”，一层一层爬梳嘻哈音乐如何失去最初的反抗精神、分析争取劳动权益的困境甚至环保议题。很难想像这么庞大的知识量被钟翔宇精巧的放在一张不到 20 分钟的专辑当中，这样大胆的尝试绝对值得你静下心搭配歌词细细玩味。搭配 Ransom-Notes 充满黄金年代风格的编曲，让严肃的歌词不再难以下咽。而钟翔宇精心设计的多韵和不时的好笑 punchline，也展现他想让歌曲直面普罗大众的诚意。
批判美国的霸权和当今的社会经济制度等于动摇了非常多人的基本信念，钟翔宇也深知这一点。然而看到不公不义的事实而站出来发声，这是让钟翔宇之所以爱上嘻哈的浪漫初衷。《星星之火》这张专辑就如同他的偶像，英国嘻哈诗人 Lowkey 的 “Soundtrack to the Struggle” 一样，是货真价实的革命之声，所有真心想冲破世界当今所面对的困境的人，肯定能从钟翔宇的音乐中得到启发。
Shortly after his 2018 album 'Bombard the Headquarters' was nominated best hip hop album by the Golden Indie Music Awards, Xiangyu, one of the few openly communist rappers in the Sinosphere, together with his comrade Ransom-Notes from the UK, began working on 'a Single Spark.' In comparison to his previous album, which contains comedic songs like 'Paolyta B' and 'the Idol's Handbook,' 'a Single Spark' takes on a more serious tone and delves deeper into Xiangyu's ideology.
Despite the comparatively somber tone, this new album avoids repetitive preaching. Through sharing his personal experiences and the things he saw growing up in the United States, Xiangyu debunks the so-called 'American Dream.' Using materialist dialectics, he tells us how hip hop has lost its rebellious essence, and also analyzes power dynamics and touches on topics such as the environment. It is difficult to imagine how Xiangyu and Ransom-Notes were able to condense such a vast expanse of knowledge into an album less than 20 minutes in length. You will not be disappointed should you decide to sit down and listen to such a bold album while studying the lyrics. Reminiscent of hip hop's golden age, Ransom-Notes' beatmaking provides the listener with the sugar that makes the pill easier to swallow. Xiangyu's carefully constructed rhymes and the occasional humorous punch line demonstrate his sincere attempt to make his agitprop more accessible to the layperson.
Criticizing US hegemony and the socioeconomic order of today is tantamount to shattering the fundamental beliefs of many, and Xiangyu is acutely aware of this. The fact that hip hop can serve as a platform for pointing out injustices is what attracted Xiangyu to the genre in the first place. 'A Single Spark' is similar to 'Soundtrack to the Struggle' by Lowkey, one of Xiangyu's influences, in the sense that it is truly revolutionary in content. Those who truly seek to transform the predicaments plaguing our world today will certainly find inspiration in Xiangyu's music.
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