Chef Frankenstein

Frankenstein
-The Rain Is Gone

1996 Knowledge of Self Entertainment

In 1996, traveling back up to Toronto, visiting Mr. Frankenstein, we find a man who wears many hip-hop hats. When we arrive, he's busy making funky funky beats. Earlier, it seems, he was writing and spitting high-caliber rhymes. And in no time, he'll be manning the audio butter-churn, recording and mixing his own sweet, smooth, strangely saucy product.

For this batch, he folds in a mellow piano loop, simple but effective percussion, and what seems to be a cricket sound, then adds a shake of vocals by Naomi Gaskin for flavor. He stirs briskly, cuts lacquer "cookie-cutters," and bakes up platter after platter filled with an uncommonly tasty track. The kind that's nutritious enough for breakfast, hearty enough for dinner, and sweet enough for dessert all at the same time.