This SoCal pair's "Free Kamal" LP is indie hip-hop that owes more to the sunny quirk of beach pop than to its own genre's tendency toward wise maxim-making. Bearing marks of reggae and soul, but most of all the suburban playground, "Kamal" is a playful record with its musical integrity intact.
Free Kamal from Radioinactive and Antimc, is a forward thinking hip-hop album of twelve songs that run the gamut of modern pop music. It is the culmination of years of growth by both artists. Incomparable wordplay, jaunting delivery, and the ability to craft tracks with positive thinking as their central theme are traits that endear Radioinactive to indie hip-hop fans worldwide. Co-conspirator Antimc is a man on a mission. His combination of expert sampling and drum programming, mixed with an impressive display of live playing, provide the foundation for the album. In all of its fits and starts, its tension and release, Free Kamal is the perfect summer record: a catchy, hook-laden album that captures the Southern California experience.