easily one of the best rappers ever. period. took the public enemy style to a new level, and hes one of the most musically powerful rappers due to the crazy dynamics and rhythm of his vocals. manages triplets and double-time perfectly, screams well. and rage, what a great band. tom morello wailing on guitar thru those fx that make it sound like dj scratching.
zach de la rocha is also one of those rare artists where "you can feel the raw emotion" to such an intense degree. in every word, you can tell that this dude is politically indignant. wish i got to see him live.
im also really thankful to brendan o'brian's production/mixing of those rage records, he really served us up with some proper recordings, as he always does.
he came out in the 90s, when rap was seeing its first (and last) wave of really vocally-strong rappers: 2pac, busta, bone thugs, dmx, wu tang, etc. zach was one of those exceptionally-vocally-strong rappers. too bad people dont rap like that any more.
yall like audioslave? chris cornell is one of the best vocalists of our time, but i dont feel like him and rage came together as well as i expected.
zach de la rocha shelved the solo album he started making, and there is a recorded track on it that was produced by EL-P!!! i hope that one day we get to hear that one.