October 12, 2010

up 010: soft money [2005]

''alternative rapper jel critiques both u.s. society and its critics on this intriguing, electronica-laced set.

the vintage synthesizer sounds and extended instrumental breaks on tracks like the eastern-sounding ''all day breakfast'' and the hard-edged ''sweet cream in it'' frame jel and fellow rappers wise intelligent and steffi bohm's cool appraisals of contemporary american social and political mores, conveying complex ideas in a club-friendly way. jel's takes on the american auto industry in ''to Buy a Car'', and the iraq war in ''wmd'', are both well-observed and courageously independent-minded.'' - cduniverse

tracklist:
to buy a car 01
all day breakfast 02
no solution 03
all around 04
trashin 05
sweet cream in it 06
soft money, dry bones 07
know you don't 08
wmd 09
mislead 10
nice last 11
chipmunk technique 12

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