With songs like, "What's the problem?," "Black Moses" and the young Mark Ronson-produced track "Rule #2," along with "Love Me Later" and "All I Want" featuring Sticky Fingaz, Kaleber was here to stay. You had to go hard or go home, and Kaleber wasn't going home. There was no room for weak ass lyrics or beats, and there damn sure wasn't any room for wack ass rappers. Rappers like Jay-Z, Nas, DMX and Canibus dominated the best emcee conversations and debates. Biggie was gone, the throne was empty and the crown was up for grabs. If you are old enough, you remember, but if you are young, you need to know what the atmosphere for Hip Hop was like in New York in 1999. Kaleber reveals what Beats Rhymes and Life was like for a New York emcee fighting for lyrical respect from his peers and the intense battle for the audience's favoritism. No longer on the cusp of becoming great, he quantum leaped into greatness and shows he was ahead of his time with production from K-Def (Real Live, Lords Of Underground) Poisoned Ivy League and a DJ-turned-super-producer Mark Ronson, along with special guests Sticky Fingaz (Onyx), Angel Dust and R&B singer Joya.
X C I X introduces us to a lyrically ferocious 21 year old Kaleber during his "Flava Unit " days, as he puts it. Now Kaleber is back with A History Of Rhymin 4: X C I X, the roman numeral for 99, as in the year the tracks were recorded. Kaleber hit us in the head with his 3rd installment of the series back in September with X C V (95) a collection of songs recorded in 1995, which showcased a 17-year-old coming-of-age Kaleber on the cusp of lyrical greatness. Which is the point of his mixtape series appropriately titled, A History Of Rhymin. Well, Kaleber is dope and Kaleber has been dope for a long time. Which brings us to rap artist Kaleber, a Long Island underground legend who has done everything that the culture and the fraternity of emceeing has asked any and everyone who picks up a microphone to do, and that is, be dope.
Rap artist Jadakiss once asked, "why is there a brother up north better than Jordan that aint get that break?" Why indeed. If you missed AHOR3, you messed up, so check it, then see what Mutiny Music Group CEO The Rebel AK has to say about AHOR4: That's because Long Island's best kept secret Kaleber has returned with yet another archive of lost legends. Santa's been dead, but we got gifts for you anyway.
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