For a full list of entries that have been moved to Florenfile, please click here. By Sentinel. AAC kbps via Florenfile. AllMusic Review by Stanton Swihart. L Smooth's complex lyrical delivery. The result is an album that is far more focused, with all the ragged edges and loose threads tied up.
It is also just as good as the first record, perhaps an even more satisfying single listen. The Main Ingredient is full of rich, resonant, hypnotic songs -- the production being among some of the most seductive in hip-hop -- that subtly, but absolutely, swing with their lock-step precision.
In characteristic Pete Rock fashion, all of the sharp edges have been sanded down, leaving a vibrant and completely lush musical backdrop which seems to have a dreamy nostalgia about it. Old '60s and '70s soul, soul-jazz, and funk samples abound, and the music is dotted with gauzy keyboard washes, hugely echoed bass-drum kicks, milky basslines, and muted horn loops, almost sounding like they are emanating out of water.
All of the songs feel immediate, yet they are infused with the sort of roomy ambience that lends to each the impression of a classic tune, evocative of an earlier era, but not one that can be described exactly, and not one to which you can definitively point. As usual, C.
Smooth is lyrically on point, spitting out intellectual rhymes and narratives that are just as propulsive and engaging as the music. The only negative aspect about the album, then, is that it ended one of the finest hip-hop duos of the first half of the s. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. The band released two studio albums during their heyday, Simoniacal in and Mental Slavery in , on the defunct label Fucker. Shortly after the release of Mental Slavery, the band split up, but reformed in , releasing the EP Again in that year and their latest album Last File in They split up again shortly after.
The band reformed for a second time , planning to tour and release a new studio album. In addition, their first two albums were re-released recently, under the label Marquee Records. Marcadores: MX. Pisca Produtora:. DJ: Artur Marangoni. Vendas On Line: www.
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It's not a bad album though. I mentioned in another thread that my main dislike is the lack of clean vocals.
IMO, Swano sounds his best during those clean passages because he's calmed down his vibrato, and it's a shame he only sings cleanly twice I think?
I'll def give it a few more spins though without doubt. I remember you mentioned that, I didn't remember where though so I put my comments here. Yeah, his clean vocals are good, and there are not nearly enough instances. I need to give it more of a chance, but the first one just blew me away from the first listen and continues to get better. Oh how I remember that time when I first got Crimson I I'll admit I haven't listened to it as much as I'd like to.
I've just been swimming in a million cds I want to listen to. So far, I like it alot. It's too early for me to compare it to other albums. I know a lot of people say Swano is their favorite death metal vocalist, but I think he's a much better songwriter and drummer the first Bloodbath CD he's incredible behind the kit! I was excited for Peter Tagtgren to sing on Crimson II as well as lots of clean vocals too, but neither happened.
One thing I do really like is the last few seconds of Crimson II, the way it has that creepy keyboard crescendo as if saying "the end? You must log in or sign up to post here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password?
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