Captain Murphy - Duality
Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
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Based on 136 ratings
2012 Rank: #120
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Pitchfork

This record is fun in a way that Flying Lotus records choose not to be and satisfying in a way that most of his peers' fail to be.

80
Consequence of Sound

The fluidity of Ellison’s production work is everywhere throughout Captain Murphy’s first mixtape release, Duality, garnished with the same seamless style of FlyLo’s songs, only with more morphing soundscapes than individual tracks.

70
The Needle Drop
Captain Murphy's debut project is pretty impressive, and boats some of the best hip hop production you'll hear this year. The most glaring issue that faces this project into the future: Lyrics.
AllAboutMusic
81

Flying Lotus has never been one to fit in with the crowd, and anyone who's heard even the littlest of his material would be able to tell of that. Through psychedelic production and his innovative ways of flipping samples, he's consistently proven to be way ahead of the curve compared to the rest. Despite him producing (and also rapping) under a different name, his tendency to make inventive, genre-bending music hasn't gone anywhere. It runs for a little more than half an hour, but manages to ... read more

Rollo_P
87

High, horny, and power-hungry, the villainous Captain Murphy is a depraved megalomaniac hellbent on becoming a cult leader in the easiest way possible - by becoming a successful musician. Thankfully, Murphy is fictional, crafted by the always-imaginative Flying Lotus so that he could get away with cosplaying DOOM and rapping about fucking fat girls. Funnily enough, the execution on this tape is capital-E Excellent, carrying the listener through a hazy, adult swim-esque adventure that never ... read more

ka1
90

This tape further proves why Flying Lotus is one of the greatest artists of all time. Flylo goes under the rap moniker Captain Murphy to create what feels like an electronic, horrorcore tribute to Madvillain and Quasimoto. Murphy's rapping is similar to that of Earl and DOOM's style with multiple syllable rhyming and abstract lyricism with a sense of dark humor. Hell, I originally thought it was Earl rapping the first time I heard this tape. The production feature list is stacked as well, with ... read more

Quandavious
85

This gonna be the soundtrack playing when I'm taking over the world

AllAboutMusic
81

Flying Lotus has never been one to fit in with the crowd, and anyone who's heard even the littlest of his material would be able to tell of that. Through psychedelic production and his innovative ways of flipping samples, he's consistently proven to be way ahead of the curve compared to the rest. Despite him producing (and also rapping) under a different name, his tendency to make inventive, genre-bending music hasn't gone anywhere. It runs for a little more than half an hour, but manages to ... read more

Rollo_P
87

High, horny, and power-hungry, the villainous Captain Murphy is a depraved megalomaniac hellbent on becoming a cult leader in the easiest way possible - by becoming a successful musician. Thankfully, Murphy is fictional, crafted by the always-imaginative Flying Lotus so that he could get away with cosplaying DOOM and rapping about fucking fat girls. Funnily enough, the execution on this tape is capital-E Excellent, carrying the listener through a hazy, adult swim-esque adventure that never ... read more

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Added on: November 18, 2012