Why isn’t KanKick as big as Madlib?
Kankick Traditional Heritage (Smoggy Day) I don’t know why KanKick isn’t on his way to being a super producer of Madlib or J.Dilla –esque proportions. He emerged out of the same Oxnard camp as Madlib, Lootpack etc and some beats on Traditional Heritage reflect this musical commonality – manifested in the dustiest of crate digging, and a varied style informed by extensive musical intelligence. There was a brief flurry of recognition and props around 2001 for his work on Declaime’s Andsoitissaid album of which he produced a chunk, and his own stellar (but generally slept-on) debut From Artz Unknown but somehow that has never translated into more high profile releases. There’s been a few other production appearances here and there including on Wildchild’s Jackal EP and one track on Oh No’s recent album The Disrupt, but seemingly no consistent output. So when I happened upon this CD on the shelves of Amoeba I was pleasantly surprised to see his name in print again, although a tad dismayed
