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14232949 · 12-20-2014, 11:33 PM

I think the new album might be a step back for RTJ.

Don't get me wrong, it sounds great. El-P has done a fantastic stuff with the production on the record. The instrumentals are varied and they feel important, it's a pity the content of the rapping irks me.

So much is made of this challenging race and discrimination of blacks. A few reviews I've read point to the storytelling and gritty nature of exposing the seedy underbelly of how the race is treated, yet El-P is a white middle aged man and isn't the best candidate to give me a lecture on it.

I was also put off by the song where the two; one a ginger 40 year old and the other an obese Southerner talk about their alleged libido. For supposed intellectual rappers, it's a rather strange topic to base a song off. Most artists would get slaughtered for releasing a song like Love Again yet Mike and El-P get away with it because they're internet darlings.

Maybe I'm nitpicking but they alter my ability to fully enjoy this album and at this stage I prefer their debut.

12-20-2014, 11:33 PM	#144 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	I think the new album might be a step back for RTJ. Don't get me wrong, it sounds great. El-P has done a fantastic stuff with the production on the record. The instrumentals are varied and they feel important, it's a pity the content of the rapping irks me. So much is made of this challenging race and discrimination of blacks. A few reviews I've read point to the storytelling and gritty nature of exposing the seedy underbelly of how the race is treated, yet El-P is a white middle aged man and isn't the best candidate to give me a lecture on it. I was also put off by the song where the two; one a ginger 40 year old and the other an obese Southerner talk about their alleged libido. For supposed intellectual rappers, it's a rather strange topic to base a song off. Most artists would get slaughtered for releasing a song like Love Again yet Mike and El-P get away with it because they're internet darlings. Maybe I'm nitpicking but they alter my ability to fully enjoy this album and at this stage I prefer their debut.