Brother Ali Satisfied Soul album review
Music, Sounds

Brother Ali, Satisfied Soul: REVIEW

by Darcy MacDonald

“Facing hard truths and social imbalance with reason, faith, joy and impeccable bars, Brother Ali gives it to ‘em once again.”

Brother Ali, Satisfied Soul (Travellers Media/Mello Music Group)

After a couple of quieter years dropping one-minute freestyles and one-off singles, to last year’s street-tape-style full-length Love & Service quickly followed by a surprise EP reunion with longtime collaborator Anthony Davis of Atmosphere, it can now be heard that former Rhymesayers artist Brother Ali had been carefully drafting his path toward Satisfied Soul. Longtime fans recognize Ali as a lyricist unafraid to re-evaluate perspectives and past experiences through the lens of maturity, even if it meant exposing his own flaws for an ego check with the audience. Facing hard truths and social imbalance with reason, faith, joy and impeccable bars, over 17 tracks featuring Ant in full service of the beat, Brother Ali gives it to ‘em once again with a satisfying project that is of hip hop, for hip hop and about hip hop. 8.5/10 Trial Track: “D.R.U.M.”

“D.R.U.M.” from Satisfied Soul by Brother Ali

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by Darcy MacDonald

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Darcy MacDonald has been with Cult MTL since day one, a decade ago. Which means today, he’s a middle-aged white guy (albeit one more interested in other people’s ideas than in his own). He was previously a columnist and reporter for Montreal Mirror, and has also created content (FKA “written”) for RBMA, Noisey, Montreal Gazette, The National Post and probably some other great places he’s forgotten about. Music, culture, community and miscellaneous questions in search of answers all come across his desk, sooner or later.