Written by Jeff Gage
Kristoff Krane has always been a rapper with a big heart, big ambitions, and a gift for freestyling. On Hunting for Father, the St. Paul MC—a close friend and protégé of Eyedea—really hits his stride in making the most of each of those characteristics with an album that is as sprawling as it is eclectic.
Through the tangle of acoustic guitars and elliptical beats, Krane weaves his Zen-like ruminations on life, family, and mortality with a stream-of-consciousness spontaneity, jumping from idea to idea as they strike him, with little regard for form or structure. That seeming unpredictability is what lends Father its exuberance, but in truth it all comes back to an artist's unwavering conviction that love, beauty, and living in the moment always win the day.