For those of you who've never heard of Adam Sherburne, he was one half of cool hip-hop rock duo Consolidated. With 'Childman', he comes across like the white Jimi hendrix producing one of the best rock albums of the '90s and certainly one of the most criminally ignored. This is at once funky, emotional, groove-based, streetwise and psychedelic, with some excellent riffs and plenty of soul. Adam comes across as a hip-hop guru, not exactly rapping but the flow here is smooth, and the tracks are extremely clever, lyrics wise covering all manner of social subjects from sexually transmitted diseases to simple love and affection, check out the grilling men get on 'Refuse To Be A Man' and the amazing Lenny Kravitz jive of 'Without You'. There's everything here, and certainly an air of unpredictability with the moody 'False Positive' and several heavyweigt numbers.
You'll do well to search out this record, it was his only solo effort, but if you're after something real and with intelligence then dig this.
8/10
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