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Jazzy hip hop with a cleaned up style of production for the mid-00's sound that hits nearly 20 years later. Makes up for not having the highest highs in the world by making 0 mistakes front-to-end.
It's really cool to be able to discover fantastic albums thanks to AOTY, it's PreeMo who advised me "Evolution Fight" by Cyne. It's a fairly classic boom-bap album really inspired by Nujabes (one of my favorite producers). The productions are really successful. The two beatmakers of the Floridian group, Speck and Enoch build a refreshing and luminous sound. The different sound loops built with samples or live instruments are incredibly effective. Like The Roots or the Algorithm trio, ... read more
One of my favorite hip-hop records (forever split between this & Water for Mars) from one of my favorite hip-hop groups ever. Everything stays rooted in the same kind of structure: straightforward boom-bap & (socially, politically, mentally, etc.) conscious rhymes with consistent flow. Around that boom-bap base, Speck and Enoch build up engaging and fresh beats so so well (as beautiful as Cise Star's Nujabes features are, I still think my favorites are CYNE tracks) including some killer ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Plight About Now 2:22 | 89 |
| 2 | Soapbox 2:56 | 91 |
| 3 | Evolution Fight 3:23 | 92 |
| 4 | Haze 3:25 | 96 |
| 5 | Rousseau 3:30 | 89 |
| 6 | Fuck America 2:52 | 85 |
| 7 | Growing 4:04 | 94 |
| 8 | Rappin' 2:14 | 86 |
| 9 | Automaton 2:11 | 87 |
| 10 | Arrow of God 3:54 | 95 |
| 11 | Running Water 3:38 | 85 |
| 12 | Up Above 3:14 | 86 |
| 13 | Deferred 2:14 | 89 |
| 14 | Moonlight 3:37 | 91 |
Total Length: 43 minutes
