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- Record Label: Thirsty Ear
- Release Date: Feb 18, 2003
- Summary: Thirsty Ear's Blue Series continues with the unlikely pairing of avant-garde jazz pianist (and Blue Series curator) Matthew Shipp with the experimental New York hip-hop outfit Anti-Pop Consortium. This is also the very last album to be released by APC, who have officially disbanded.
- Record Label: Thirsty Ear
- Genre(s): Experimental, Jazz, Hip-Hop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Entertainment WeeklyThe loose song structures will lose less dedicated listeners, but those seeking hip-hop on a higher level need look no further. [7 Mar 2003, p.73]
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What emerges is not necessarily either jazz or hip-hop, even though the component parts of both genres are readily discernable.
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The fireworks do not ignite the way they might have, but that is the nature of experimentation. Nevertheless, this is all great fun, a function of Shipp's slippery mind, and the results are not only danceable but disconcertingly so.
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While this is a step forward for Shipp, for APC, it's a side-step from their gleamingly tricked-out, beat-tweaked and freaky Arrhythmia.
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For the most part, words and music are woven together in interesting and convincing ways.
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The end product falls short of being synergistic. Neither contender in this sonic duel really lets loose; both Shipp and Anti-Pop Consortium seem too passive and deferential toward each other.
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The big downer about “Vs.” tends to be its sporadic hinting at the greatness that could have been: small pockets of significance surrounded by many mediocre passages.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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May 7, 2016
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nicolemJun 19, 2003kick ass
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mungrorahnimsintoofuMar 10, 2003utter excrement. if you desire boredom and outright shitty instrumentation, then this is the album for you.
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