R.E.B.I.R.T.H.

A former member of the short-lived duo Binary Star; Pontiac, Michigan-based rapper One Be Lo is among a rising generation of conscious hip-hop artists. On his third solo effort, THE R.E.B.I.R.T.H., the rapper seems possessed by a defiantly independent spirit and ethos. Decrying everything from the decline of Michigan's auto industry to the plight of the urban poor, One Be Lo's displays confident, sharp and incisive rhymes that run counter to the hip-hop mainstream's tired themes of money and women.