Madvillain
Madvillainy
1. MAD: Our first protagonist rises from a bomb shelter from somewhere under the murky Californian skies, his reputation for making beats comparable to Betty Crocker's for making a cake. But a Madlib beat is an even bigger trea. There's the perverse Price Is Right jingle of "Raid," steel drums that roll like waves in the West Indies on "Curls" and the jittery tambourine and blurry keys of "Figaro." But lest we forget that this is an ALBUM, Madlib drops interludes and vocal samples at a dizzying pace between every track. This is the glue that makes this piece cohesive.
2. VILLAIN: Our second protagonist cannot be approached with certainty — super emcee MF Doom is a study in ambiguity. However,
from beneath the steel façade was forged a sharp tongue of Big Apple proportions, and Doom doesn't disappoint here. His flow is top notch. Internal rhymes falling over one another to escape his mouth. His life is "like a folklore legend." He may be the "best emcee with no chain you've ever heard." "This was written in cold blood with a toothpick," says Doom on "Great Day." There's no reason not to believe this.
3. CONCLUSION: Just as a PB&J sandwich never disappoints, neither does this pair. Madvillain are coast and coast like Skippy and Smuckers on toast.
Grade: A
The Kleptones
Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots
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Beating Jay-Zeezer as the next mix album to turn heads, Brit band The Kleptones has crafted an artful mix of various hip-hop artists over the Flaming Lips' latest effort to produce Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots. Currently it's only available as a download from their Website, www.kleptones.com. I won't mince words...this stuff is hot! Some of the most sublime mixes include 50 Cent's "In the Club" over "Fight Test" and Martin Luther King Jr. and Public Enemy over "Are you a Hypnotist?" My personal favorite has to be Pharcyde's "Passing Me By" slung over "Yoshimii Battles the Pink Robots Part 1." I started laughing and cheering after hearing the opening. A few songs sag, suffering from a poor combination of music to ambient and rhymes that just won't fit. Other samples of note include Busta Rhymes, The Streets and a clip from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Those who have listened to The Grey Album will notice that the music mixing on Hip-Hop Robots is much smoother than the splice work done to The Beatles. Some tracks have barely been tweaked at all — most of the work has been done with the vocals, but none seem terribly out of place. If this is the future of music, sign me up.
Grade: A-
Outternationalists Ethnomixology
— Marc Ricketts
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One day, Johnny found a small brown box outside his door. The words "Africa, India, Ireland, Latin America, Middle East, South Asia, and more" were stamped all over. The sender listed simply as Ethnomixocology, c/o the Outernationalists. Upon opening the box, he was bombarded with sita:s, drums, horns, flutes and multi-lingual vocals forming a universal, cultural euphoria.
When his friend Tinea stopped by, she also couldn't believe her ears. "I swear this global beat thing has been done before," she cried, "but never with so much intensity and rhythm." Yes, these songs fused rare, traditional cuts perfectly with booming, dance-floor beats.
Suddenly Johnny began to move, first his feet, then his hips, and before long he knew what was happening. "I'm...I'm...DANCING!" he exclaimed. Soon the word was out. Neighborhood kids from all ethnicities came by to shake their groove together as one.
Grade: A
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