00's CLASSICS #40:
Ghostwriter is probably one of my favorite song of all time, I love the sampling, the horn beat is insanely addicting - overall a massive banger. The rest of the album is just good groovy hip hop beats, nothing to go crazy about, but solid nevertheless.
How Rjd2's debut album on Definitive Jux didn't "change the muthafuckin' world" as Def Jux mastermind El-P claimed it would, in many ways, is beyond me. Of course, Deadringer wasn't a completely game-changing experience, especially with DJ Shadow existing a decade prior. But in a world where instrumental hip hop, technical sampling, turntable prowess, and experimental beats still make waves in many listening circles one would think this album would get thrown around in the ... read more
I'm sorry but it's pretty disappointing and it has no identity. On one hand, it sounds like Moby then on the other sounds like The Avalanches and it suddenly sounds like an East Coast/Hip-Hop sound instrumental beat. It was probably one of the most boring sit-throughs I have gone through in a while. Towards the end of listening to this, I got out of touch and also lost interest and I rarely do that for an album.
1 | The Horror 4:11 | 83 |
2 | Salud 0:38 | 65 |
3 | Smoke & Mirrors 4:26 | 91 |
4 | Good Times Roll Pt. 2 4:57 | 83 |
5 | Final Frontier 4:25 feat. Blueprint | 85 |
6 | Ghostwriter 5:17 | 84 |
7 | Cut Out to FL 3:42 | 76 |
8 | F.H.H. 4:31 feat. Jakki The Motamouth | 82 |
9 | Shot in the Dark 1:21 | 63 |
10 | Chicken-Bone Circuit 3:54 | 66 |
11 | The Proxy 2:14 | 72 |
12 | 2 More Dead 5:17 | 73 |
13 | Take the Picture Off 1:02 | 74 |
14 | Silver Fox 3:31 | 88 |
15 | June 6:03 feat. Copywrite | 81 |
16 | Work 11:39 Contains hidden track "Here's What's Left" | 78 |