Cariboo Brewing Company presents Camobear Green, a 10th anniversary album compiling all the underground rappers on Camobear Records' roster. It features both a CD and a DVD that includes music videos for most the songs on the album and some extras.

Cariboo Brewing is a Vancouver micro-brewing company who have partnered up with B.C. Ministry of Forestry and Range to plant at least 150,000 new trees in B.C. over the next three years. And for every case of beer purchased, donations are sent to help aid the effort to save B.C trees. Pretty sweet, eh? Camobear Records is a record label also based out of Vancouver who have a heavy roster of the biggest names in the underground B.C hip-hop scene. Camobear Green is a thank-you project to give back to those who support them. Gotta love us Canadians!

Now that you know a little about the album concept, let's get to the music! The album is a compilation of the biggest names in the B.C underground hip-hop scene, with artists like ZZBRA, Josh Martinez, Snak The Ripper, Chicharones and more. The artists collaborated together on the album, and many worked on songs together.

The album was produced and mixed by Camobear, and after listening to the album, the first thing I can say is that it is really fun. This isn't your typical gangster rap album by any means. These artists use their talents and creativity to help develop an album that you can jam to while enjoying some Cariboo brews. There is actually song and music video on the DVD that proves this point, titled "Crush Brews" by Snak the Ripper and Evil Ebenezer. The album explores every artist and their different styles of approach to give the listeners a taste of each. It's kind of like a buffet; you can try whatever you like. I really liked the fact that it is very experimental with the production of each song. The beats are really catchy and the rapping is dead on time. The songs made me laugh, think and rock my head, especially my favourite song on the album, "Artificial Intelligence."

It was really refreshing to hear a rap album like this one, which helped me get introduced to the Vancouver hip-hop scene. It felt good to break away from all the dance rap that has been making my ears bleed every time I turn on the radio. And I always love to support artists who contribute their art to help out a good cause. But even without the cause itself, the album is still a very well put together record, with great songs, great lyrics, great beats and mostly great fun! And, hey, isn't that what music is all about?