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| 4.0 excellent | Rudy K. STAFF | December 24th 10 |
Where Kanye West and Big Boi stole all the hip-hop critical acclaim and publicity this year, Vessel was the little rap record that could, flying under the radar and stealthily staking its claim as one of the best albums in the genre. Vessel is an apt name; Dark Time Sunshine takes you on a trip through the furthest fringes of the hip-hop universe, a sector populated by likeminded pioneers like Aesop Rock and P.O.S but still its own unique, innovative beast. This isn’t nerd-rap or hip-hop unpalatable to the average fan; MC Onry Ozzborne is easy to understand and even easier to listen to, weaving engaging tales as he does on “E.R” and “Little Or No Concern,” while producer Zavala runs the gamut from the propulsive, tribal “Defender” to the psychedelic layers of “All Aboard” without a dud to be found. This is a trailblazer for the new decade, a road map of where hip-hop can go and what it can do, and the kind of release that makes you believe that, yes, there always is something new under the sun.
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| 4.5 superb | Sobhi Youssef STAFF | May 4th 10 |
going to be hard to beat this for aoty.
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| 2.5 average | Bulldog | December 23rd 10 |
Dark Time Sunshine's debut Vessel is a miraculously tedious, yawn-inducing f*ck-fest comprised of hyper-developed instrumentals and verbose lyricism that fails to transcend anything but vapidity due to run-of-the-mill emceeing and vanilla production. The indie crowd will appraise this for its odd vein of texturized, crate-digging and genre-fusing production, but its no more unique than the sound the horde of producers for Diddy's newest LP managed to craft. Except the production on that is a whole lot more fun, and the rapping's only slightly worse, but only by technicality. Yea, listen to Last Train to Paris instead. At least that was surprisingly average rather than disappointingly average. Album of the year this is not.
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| 5.0 classic | Jacob Royal STAFF | May 24th 12 |
Ladies and gentlemen PLEASE!
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| 3.5 great | Pndi | May 22nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | ethixx | May 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarkus | April 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | rien333 | April 5th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Donchivo | February 21st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | mttgry | November 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ctax | October 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | hermmess | September 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | DuMont | August 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Riano | August 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | gosk8n | July 25th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Quinn | June 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeger94 | March 14th 12 |
| 3.0 good | porch | March 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | fsharp | January 29th 12 |
| 3.0 good | GGI | November 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tupik | November 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Jekub | October 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apoc | October 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | gervin | September 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | jayrad | April 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ADAMWD | March 24th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | January 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ali | January 19th 11 |
| 3.5 great | agnes | January 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | J. | December 27th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Will IV | December 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | tombomb | December 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mungo | December 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | bloc | October 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DayMan | August 25th 10 |
| 2.5 average | roland | August 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | C.F. | August 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | WooHa | August 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | MCGF | July 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHans | July 21st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | coleba | July 8th 10 |
| 3.0 good | lobby | June 28th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Kleur | May 18th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | RXLAX | May 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Trez | May 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kiran EMERITUS | May 5th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adam | April 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aaron | April 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | April 27th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Eno | April 27th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Skyler | April 26th 10 |
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