As ever with Themselves, there aren’t really highlights or many changes of pace – it’s full-on, all the time; you don’t get skits between songs, just a second, third or fourth gabbling vocal line within these ten, unconventionally concise songs.
A true hip-hop album, equally as vital as Dr. Octagonecologyst.
CrownsDown certainly achieves its obvious intent, its impeccable production, and untouchable vocal dexterity, firmly reestablishing the group as a definite talent.
Maybe Crownsdown is just palette cleanser the duo needed to make before going back to rewriting the boundaries of hip hop once more.
Not everything on Crownsdown succeeds beautifully, but everything is at least worth hearing.
dose couldn't keep himself away from hip-hop forever. For rappers, there is no hell, there is only fans, and you will go there.
CrownsDown is more rooted in hip-hop than previous Themselves efforts— save for FREEhoudini— and is all the better for it. It puts you back in the Anticon heyday. Hip-hop music for the abandoned listener.
Il duo "Themselves", formato da Doseone e Jel si rimette in gioco.
Dopo ben 7 anni senza un album di mainline, il duo pubblica in freedownload il terzo e tanto agognato album theFREEhoudini, al quale seguirà, 7 mesi dopo, il quarto album: CrownsDown.
Il loro miglior album, secondo me.
Doseone finalmente fa capire a tutti chi comanda, mentre Jel stende un tappeto infernale coi suoi beat.
In quest'album secondo me viene di più mostrato il talento di entrambi, quello ... read more
| 1 | BackIIBurn 4:06 | |
| 2 | Oversleeping 3:15 | |
| 3 | theMark 4:54 feat. D-Styles | |
| 4 | Gangster of Disbelief 3:50 | |
| 5 | Daxstrong 3:37 feat. Jordan Dalrymple, Markus Acher | |
| 6 | You Ain't It 3:48 feat. Dax Pierson | |
| 7 | Roman is as Roman Does 4:00 | |
| 8 | Skinning the Drum 3:35 | |
| 9 | DeadCatClearll 5:30 | |
| 10 | Gold Teeth Will Roll 4:00 |