Sharkula X Mukqs Take Caution On The Beach CD

Underground Hip-Hop Wild Card Sharkula Has Carved Himself Into The Grain Of The Chicago Underground Through 20 Years Of Determined Grinding.

He Records His Free-Associative Verses Over A Wide Spectrum Of Scene Sourced Beats And Has Built A Catalog Of Over 40 Individual Albums That He Wraps In His Own Distinctive Hand-Drawn Packaging. Sharkula Approaches The Spontaneous Construction Of A Verse From The Perspective Of An Improviser, And Recorded Every Track That Appears On Take Caution On The Beach As A Single Unbroken Vocal Take.

HausMo Co-Founder Mukqs’s Production Keeps One Foot In The Beat Architectures And Regimented Structures Of Boom-Bap Hip Hop, While Continuing His Exploration Of The Potential Of 16-Bit Video Game Music. Although The Specter Of The COVID-19 Pandemic Rears Its Head In Moments Of Sharkula’s Freestyle Verses His Overall Message Remains Grounded In Positivity, Shining A Light To Combat Any Existential Darkness That Bears Down On Us.