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- Summary: The Seattle-based project, including Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets, is Sub Pop's first hip-hop signing.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Rap, Pop/Rock, Alternative Rap, Left-Field Hip-Hop
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Corny Niggas they comin for me Yellin at me Runnin at me Mink coats Pink Throats Weak quotes Blow Holes Anti-Dope Filthy notes playing part never... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 36
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Mixed: 3 out of 36
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Negative: 0 out of 36
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Jun 28, 2011A killer second act.
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Jul 12, 2011Play loud. I can't speak to the listening practices of the post-illbient beatmakers whose tricks Palaceer Lazaro gathers together and improves on like he's just been waiting for the go-ahead from Tricky himself.
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Jun 28, 2011Like on that grand finale the production on Black Up is meticulous but furtive, always pushing forward, often unwilling simply to loop. And Butler's rapping sounds perfectly at home in this sometimes chaotic environment, kicking it amidst the kinetic verve of his beats.
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Jun 27, 2011Black Up, their full-length debut, connects black consciousness with the dark mysteries of deep space, synthesising tribal drums, kalimba and African inflections with fragmented beats and eerie, futuristic synths.
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Jul 5, 2011Black Up is a wild ride, but Butler's songwriting is not haphazard. To be sure, his laid-black flow channels a vibe similar to the who-cares attitude of those on the opposite side of the left-field hip-hop divide, but don't let that fool you; his music is weird, but it's also deliberate.
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Aug 12, 2011Black Up is best digested as a whole rather than tune by tune.
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Jun 30, 2011Themes of lust, power politics and rebellion are smuggled in via unusual locutions, de-synchronous beats and treated sample-loops – interesting stuff, though occasionally one yearns for a decent tune.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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Jun 30, 2011
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Aug 15, 2011
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Jun 28, 2011
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Aug 20, 2011
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Sep 1, 2012A groundbreaking effort in the hip-hop genre.
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Aug 29, 2022Wonderful cosmic rap thst oozes wiith the daze of jazz and earl sweatshirt reminiscent apathetic bars. Black up is a lush call to arms, to unify.
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Dec 3, 2012
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