Maryland Mansions

Hot on the heels of his acclaimed double album "Being Ridden," CEX (aka Rjyan Kidwell) drops another hot disc of genre-defiling genius that solidifies his burgeoning superstar status. "Maryland Mansions" finds an apt home on Jade Tree's diverse roster after a label-interest melee -- as Cex's last two releases received exuberant, fawning praise from no less visible sources Rolling Stone, Spin, and Blender as well as listed at the top of URB's 100 Artists to Watch. We now find Kidwell, at the ripe age of 21, dropping his fifth full-length to a rabid and growing worldwide audience. "Maryland Mansions" is a groundbreaking mix of glitchtronic hooks, classic party rap, NIN-inspired darkwave crunch topped with loquacious rhymes. The result is an album that evidences Cex as one of the most exciting things going in American music.