Kid Lithium

Kid Lithium
Has Vanished Without a Trace
Independent/ESM
Self-produced, Kid Lithium orchestrates some of the best beats known to Vancouver. His versatility is most impressive as he seamlessly presses West Coast rider music with East Coast crowd-movers. And within each beat are moving bridges that break the repetitious loops that so many rap albums suffer from. Lyrically his content stays pretty consistent. Consistently random, that is. Lithium offers no commitment to the beat, scurrilously slurring with off-the-cuff rhymes. With more motherfuckers than a foster home, listen as he blends inelegance with intelligence, bouncing from pussy to Friedrich Nietzsche. On “I’m Out” he admits, “I never knew how to use parenthesis.” Though scatterbrained, I bet Lithium has never once suffered from writers block. As a result, Lithium’s songs may not work for you in pieces, but as a whole the album can swallow you with its nonchalant charm. Bobbing your head from your point of appreciation till the end.
- Omar Mouallem The Nerve