Donte Peace brings us his latest album, Summer of 1997. On the 6 track project Donte brings listers some slowed down, easy listening music. The album has that top down, sun out, feel good flow. A lot of more hip-hop beats where Donte uses dynamics in his voice to move the tracks along while the beats lets you recline in your seat. My favorite cut is the last track, Othello park, which features a Dom Kennedy type hook with west coast feel on the beat (that synth though!). It may be winter time but if you want to be ignorant to the cold weather, go ahead toss this one in the dash and roll the windows down!
“*Summer of 1997* can be considered a project or a short documentary or even a time capture of a specific era that embodies Donte Peace as the person he stands to be this very day. Although Donte Peace shows a handful of styles and personalities throughout his short journey, he’s overly inspired from moments & memories and tries his best to capture and make caption through jazzy MaxTrax sounds and smooth B Roc samples. *Summer of 1997* is simply (as I like to call it) BBQ music for calm days,Happy Hip Hop with easy on the ear melodies. Don’t call it an EP nor a Mixtape,be sure to call it an independent album.”
Also check out Donte’s video to ‘Rember ’97’ and ‘Freethrow’ both shot by the talented Brian Tolliver.
