RP BOO
LEGACY 2 (RED VINYL 2LP) (PLANET MU)
Featuring tracks created between 2002 and 2007, this is a wonderous selection of material, some known, some unknown.
The album kicks off with the dark and epic 'Eraser' created in September 2007, during a time RP was going to underground Footwork club War Zone on the west side of Chicago.
The track was inspired by, and created to fuel, the "taunting words of intimidation" between dancers." And now it makes for one intense album opener.
Some cuts are inspired by everyday life - take for example 2005's 'Pop Machine', which was inspired by the time he was working at Speedway Oil Change who had a temperamental soda/pop machine.
One day, a customer put money in the machine and nothing came out, so he continued to press the button, and for some reason RP found this funny so he went over to the machine and started pressing the buttons himself and everyone he touched started saying "Work!." Inspired once he was back home in his studio he made 'Pop Machine' in tribute to the defunct machinery.
When he came back to work the next day and played the track for all his co-workers it blew their minds and they also laughed with at how creative RP could get using things from his everyday life as inspiration.
'Pop Machine' also illustrates how RP's Footwork uses repetition and minimalism as fuel.
Years later RP Boo is still inspired by Foot Work - the art of dancing and working for dancers.