The Austin-based American singer/songwriter Sage Suede conjures yet another explosive and boundary-pushing album…Sage’s latest album “Dirty Blonde” is out…and it’s an experience like nothing else.
Choosing the hip-hop realm to release the musical energy that runs deep within, Sage Suede is not afraid to do…anything!
One of the most confident and brave artists out there…there is no musical experience that is out of the question for Sage…no pain, no gain…and Sage is ready to push any boundary to find his next hit…and with Sage’s latest album “Dirty Blonde”, he’s at it once again.
“Dirty Blonde” is a very diverse 13-track album that not only houses many moods and emotions, but experiments thoroughly with sounds, grooves, and melodies and keeps mixing it up.
Speaking of both experimentation and exploration…with a song like “Palm Trees And Scotch”, Sage puts on some vocals effects that you wouldn’t naturally find in a song, maybe used as sound design in a movie…but he utilizes these heavy vocals effect and puts it on one of the many vocal lines that create a very trippy and enthralling choir.
…then, he kicks it up in energy with a song like “The Best Revenge”, this has a unique explosive musical energy to it…the beat is tough, relentless, in your face kick and snare…vocals are subtle, and once again with a trippy choir approach…the soul of the song is the aggressive synth arpeggio that goes through the whole track…it’s a beast of a synth sound…also, it’s kind of dark, ominous and edgy…and that’s not hip-hop, Sage goes out of his way to explore areas outside of hip-hop too.
…and with the unique ethnic intro to “Work From Hoe”, with its unique tablas…the song kicks you in the face and changes everything you are expecting…however, this one has a strong hip-hop presence through the strong beats it rocks.
“Dirty Blonde” keeps surprising us with each song that starts to play…one after another and we keep picking our mouths off the floor…Sage maintains one thing very clearly…and that is diversity.
Sage has the ability to flow through the vocals whatever the beat or melody…Sage is a flow machine, a lyrical tsunami…nothing stops the wave.
…you’ll find some rock/hip-hop fusion in there with “Weaponize Dem Thighs”, huge-sounding guitars…
Technically, the album has 12 songs, with one remix, that’s the 13th song…this song that appears twice here is “Corn Chip Thot”.
It appears twice, once by itself and the second time is with the Jyme Remix.
This changes the first hip-hop approach into an electronic dance song that can play in any club till the morning and keep the people moving.
Wishing Sage all the best, we’ll look forward to seeing what he comes up with next.
Cheers!