BLACK SILVER :: FORBIDDEN SLANGUAGE

A long time ago in a rap galaxy not-so-far away the Analog Brothers emerged into the digital world as a rap supergroup consisting of Kool Keith, Ice-T, Marc Live, Silver Synth, Kiew Kurzweil and Rex Roland JX3P. Even the members of the group would agree that interest in their “Pimp to Eat” album was a direct result of the first two participants. Keith was viewed as the architect given his penchant for prolific and unpredictable releases, and by the year 2000 Ice-T was better known for his acting than his rapping. Shortly after the album’s release he’d become a permanent member of the Law & Order: SVU cast as detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola, permanently changing his career trajectory. He’s only released four solo albums in the last quarter century as a result. I assumed the rest of the group were “other friends of Kool Keith” and it’s fair to say most people did the same.
Over a decade Silver Synth brought back a version of that formula with his solo album “Slang Banging (Return to Analog).” Ice-T was not a participant owing either to his acting career or lack of interest, but either way the focus moved away from Ice and Keith to Mr. Synth, a decision I felt was for the best. In fact on a track featuring both Keith and Synth I wrote that “Synth shows Keith up [with] verses on the song [that] are tightly constructed and delivered with clear diction while Keith just rambles and mutters.” Maybe it was for that reason that Black Silver f/k/a Silver Synth reached out to RapReviews to let us know he was still in the game with “Forbidden Slanguage.” It’s fair to be surprised by that fact. We’re talking about nearly a quarter century span between his debut and this latest project.

“I’m just tumbling verbs, you know, juggling words
Making galactic worthy music like I’m crumbling herb”