is a producer from Zwolle who made beats for and . Sticks is a rapper and member of Opgezwolle. Kubus made his debut with Buiten Westen, a dark album with beats that have more to do with electronics than hip-hop. Likewise Microphone Colossus, which sometimes even leans towards ambient. The lyrics of Sticks are quite raw and are about the everyday perils of a rapper in Zwolle. The sound of the
… album is pretty bare and you can hear one person doing the beats and the other doing his thing over it. Actually, the songs never become a whole. This is in stark contrast to the Nederhop of and which dominates the charts. But that doesn't seem to be the intention of these two gentlemen, because 'we are not trend hoppers', Sticks raps in the opening track. Microphone Colossus is just a sober, Dutch album, but with floaty beats. (JdD)more
