Roga Raph – Visionary Shift [Free LP]

Packed with dusty piano riffs and buttery soul samples, Roga Raph’s debut release, “Visionary Shift” gives off that old school feeling without coming across as either formulaic, or dated. The free release allows the Mt. Kisco emcee/producer to tell his story, without taking this tale too seriously. The album’s strengths is its sonic diversity. Whether it’s the chilled out, “Signz”, the debut, “Fck Whut They Say”, or the uptempo “In The Now” with its prominent Eckhart Tolle samples, Raph proves that he can ride with the best of them.