albums of the decade - 91. Cadence Weapon - Breaking Kayfabe

91. Cadence Weapon - Breaking Keyfabe (2005)

The production here is gritty, edgy, brilliant. The rhymes witty, fresh and unorthodox. It's an abolute banger of a hip-hop record. 'Breaking Keyfabe' means to 'break character' in professional wrestling. It was an interesting title to name a debut because Cadence emerged from nowhere. Nobody knew Rollie Pemberton and thus to distiguish fact from fiction in his narratives can be a tricky task. However, this doesn't matter as it's an album to get lost in and if he has an alter ego like in Fight Club, then all the better : "They're living through me vicariously" spits Pemberton on 'Vicarious.' What an invitation! Here's to hoping that next decade will see Cadence Weapon explode bigtime, just like dynamite.