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| 0.0 | Bulldog | February 13th 11 |
As Sobhi Abduhl-Rakhman of our very own Sputnikmusic noted, it is indeed “static-laden black shit,” as its creator has labeled it. And while that does the music a service in accuracy, it turns out it’s not really a compliment at all. This is to hip-hop as parody grindcore is to punk. It’s an animalistic interpretation of experimentalism. At times this feels like a Limp Bizkit album with banging, well, noise thrashing on as K.’s angst barely permeates the aural onslaught. What the f*ck is at the start of “Tres”? Sounds like the simultaneous recording of submarine sonar, a dying blue whale, a broken vinyl being played backwards, and an electric guitar being tuned with the amp plugged in. Thrash music is abrasive and violent, this is just dissonant, backwards-sounding bullsh*t. (Albeit experimental, dissonant, backwards-sounding bullsh*t.) However, there’s rigidity to all the mayhem. Amidst all the chaos there’s this monotony; a predictability, a dependability, of sorts. Every vicious whirring synth, every clashing snare, every piercing screech, every loop of white noise bursts through, grates along, and pierces the air in this brutal, militaristic cadence. It’s musical goose stepping almost, and there seems to be some sort of formula behind each sonic permutation. In a way, this really is the soundtrack to war, but it comes off practically as a haphazard collage of abrasive sounds. The bottom line is - noise isn’t avant-garde, it’s fucking annoying, and the concept of “experimental noise-rap” – no less the actual sound of it – isn’t much better.
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| 3.0 good | LiquidSwords | February 9th 11 |
Dope as hell for the first 5 tracks. Then everything got noisy and irritating. Of course, it could be said that the whole thing is noisy and irritating, but there's something about tracks 6, 7, and 8 that just sound like they have much lower quality. (Sin has a few elements of the top half and the bottom half mixed together.) If the kinks get worked out, the next album has the potential to be a classic.
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| 4.0 excellent | Hiatus3 | February 1st 11 |
The album is not a 5. Its also not quite a 3.5 either. The reviewer is on to something when he notices that the next album will be an opus of sorts. A 5 is on the horizon because it is clear that progress is made with each new release. rThe core sound of the album is not unique, but is unique to hip-hop integration. And here is the rub. As far as noise, industrial, ambient, and post-whatever goes, the sound is in among the upper tier. And, it is for this reason, that those who follow K.'s releases, get the sense that a more mature voice and sound has yet to emerge. rBut, that being said, and now with this show of sonic technical skill and rage against the listener out of the way, the next effort will hopefully prove to include more depth emotional tones that will be an answer to the aftermath of the apocalyptic soundscapes of Sana. After bouts of frenetic pacing and destruction, hopelessness, and the "sound of confusion," K. needs the sound of a glorious and somber sunset falling on the heaps of "dead baby heads" left behind, glimpsing at the deep feelings of remorse and loss. You can hear it happening on this album once and a while but remains far off...which seems a necessary journey.
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| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | June 18th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Jamee86 | February 10th 11 |
| 3.5 great | kingsoby1 EMERITUS | February 1st 11 |
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