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An exciting mix of weird and tough, Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon often sounds like Del the Funky Homosapien if he were a member of G-Unit, but on Hope in Dirt City, he's much more, breaking into a chest-beating, rock ballad scream on the hooky highlight "Conditioning" and going full dub poet on the reverb-drenched, reggae-drenched "Small Deaths." A mixed batch of genres like electro (the anti-industry "(You Can't Stop) The Machine"), Hot Chip-styled indie funk (the twitchy "Jukebox"), and trunk-rumbling hip-hop from the Wu-Tang side of the street (the dark highlight "Hype Man") makes this the underground rapper's most musically ambitious album to date, and his superior rhymes don't take a hit at all, even if he's mellowed and slowed his pace a touch, which fits his increased love of introspection. Hook-filled songs are built to be accessible up front, and the album is well-designed as a whole, spacing out its prime numbers all the way to the end where the new wave-inspired title track offers an '80s beat and that rambling wordplay that only exists in the post-Mos Def world. Another solid and easy to recommend effort in a discography that already has a couple, which begs the question as to why Cadence Weapon isn't a bigger name, even among the underground hip-hop faithful?
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher - Roland Pemberton and Rich Terfry, Composer
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Cadence Weapon, MainArtist - Roland Pemberton, Composer - Upper Class Recordings, MusicPublisher
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
Album review
An exciting mix of weird and tough, Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon often sounds like Del the Funky Homosapien if he were a member of G-Unit, but on Hope in Dirt City, he's much more, breaking into a chest-beating, rock ballad scream on the hooky highlight "Conditioning" and going full dub poet on the reverb-drenched, reggae-drenched "Small Deaths." A mixed batch of genres like electro (the anti-industry "(You Can't Stop) The Machine"), Hot Chip-styled indie funk (the twitchy "Jukebox"), and trunk-rumbling hip-hop from the Wu-Tang side of the street (the dark highlight "Hype Man") makes this the underground rapper's most musically ambitious album to date, and his superior rhymes don't take a hit at all, even if he's mellowed and slowed his pace a touch, which fits his increased love of introspection. Hook-filled songs are built to be accessible up front, and the album is well-designed as a whole, spacing out its prime numbers all the way to the end where the new wave-inspired title track offers an '80s beat and that rambling wordplay that only exists in the post-Mos Def world. Another solid and easy to recommend effort in a discography that already has a couple, which begs the question as to why Cadence Weapon isn't a bigger name, even among the underground hip-hop faithful?
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:15
- Main artists: Cadence Weapon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Upper Class Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
2012 Upper Class Recordings 2012 Upper Class Recordings
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