Hram Vybez - Prince Amine

Perfectly timed to ride the wild wave of Summer, this amalgamation of world influences adds up to one fun listen.  Speaking to the youth of the world is one talented youth himself. Prince Amine, is not yet in his twenties, but yet he achieves something not easy to do. Being a young artist who manages to speak to his generation about the things they care about. We all know that the younger generation always cares about getting busy in the back seat of cars. Prince Amine addresses that in the smooth and funky first track, Princess of my Nation.  The sweetest sound is the unclicking of a seatbelt, while being parked in a secluded spot for a couple of hours. 

You can feel yourself transported away to Spain, in the yearning Por my Vida.  A slight flamenco feel and moody bubbling drums conjures up the beating heart and desires of our souls. Prince Amine, follows in the R&B/Rap traditions of such artists like Rick James, and Plan B who explores the darker desires of the global youth movements with its free sexual attitudes and practices.  This theme rides on through all of the tracks on this hot album.  Fuego is where the songs start to venture into the Too-Hot-To-Handle category.  One has to wonder if the continental influence will be helpful or a hindrance to this artist’s career in the long run.  Traipsing around the world has clearly helped this young artist marshal his influences to make impactful creative music.

As a young person, who was born in Morocco, you can hear that he has absorbed all the African rhythms and funk, before he was whisked to Spain, where he learned the traditions of Iberian music as well as incorporating Flamenco rap into a single minded world artist mélange.  He is now settled in Canada and is working on becoming a vibrant player in the commercial Rap /Hip Hop game.  Hram Vybez is not going to win him standing accolades from the “me too” movement, but that is not what this playa’s game is all about. He is standing for keeping it real, in a day and age when reality gets more and more distorted daily. He tells all the ladies who he is and sometimes he even tells the ladies who they are too.

Prince Amine, is a going to be a name in the game for a long while if he can keep this kind of pace going. Being a one track mind kind of artist, will keep both his fans happy and Prince Amine on the sexy artistic path he is clearly blazing.  He is a good looking performer who is out there doing it for real. Hitting the clubs for appearances will only help this artist take the next steps on his path, towards being valid in the international Hip Hop R&B Rap stew that is bubbling up all over the world.