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It’s just brilliant.
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If the satisfying Afterparty Babies doesn't have the same thunderclap impact of its predecessors, it's because that element of adventure is subdued.
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The record is a virtuosic display of talent (I don’t even know what sounds I’m hearing on the chorus of “Juliann Wilding”) but it comes across both too eager to impress and too self-satisfied to edit.
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An album that accepts its imperfections as a part of its charm, and, all things considered, a pretty irresistible release.
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Pemberton doesn't strain to impress. He doesn't need to: his darting intelligence and racing imagination are evident in every line.
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As a knowing send-up of youth culture, Afterparty Babies can be both funny and obnoxious.
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Straight out of Edmonton, Alberta, fast-talking MC Rollie Pemberton's impeccable second album confirms that the history of Canadian electro did not end with Neil Young's Trans.
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Pemberton’s lyrics can be long-winded, but on the whole, they display a postmodern reflexivity that is profoundly mind-boggling.
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He backs up his insolence with dense, tricky productions that pile samples and scratching atop techno and electro beats and go increasingly haywire as he gets more worked up.
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Over and over, we get the sense that Cadence makes records for that gaggle of kids on the album cover, for the look on their faces. If any of the rest of us likes it, all the better. It works: We’d like to know more about Mr. Weapon, and his buds.
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Throughout, Pemberton comes off like a clever friend who just happens to be lyrically gifted: He's the perfect hip-hop hero for the MySpace age.
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Under The RadarHis arrangements this time range froma a cappella loops and glitchy beats to videogame synyths and deconstructed dance grooves, adding up to an indie hip-hop classic. [Winter 2008, p.90]
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Q MagazineA dense, innovative follow-up to Canadian MC Rollie Pemberton's promising 2005 debut. [Apr 2008, p. 112]
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His latest outing, Afterparty Babies, doesn't derail that path, but it struggles to stay on course.
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FilterWith Afterparty Babies, he proves he truly belongs on the other side of the speakers. [Winter 2008, p.105]
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BryanH.Mar 6, 2008
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MattA.Mar 5, 2008