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The indie MC moves from Anticon to Epitaph for his sophomore release. Will Oldham, Danger Mouse, Alias and Saul Williams guest.
| LABEL: | Epitaph |
| RELEASE DATE: | 08 February 2005 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Indie, Rap |
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The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 28 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Richard H gave it a10:
An absolute classic. I can still listen to this disk all the way through without skipping a single track. This disk 'bottles' Sage's stage presence better than any of his other studio efforts. Forget that he's a 'white rapper', his flow is lava and you can't deny it.
Jeremy gave it a10:
"Contemporary house of pain" - who the ef is this clown? Unfortunately those who cannot think for themselves talk far too much. Thanks again sage.
Mike gave it a10:
Album is great. Exactly what I look for in my music, expression.
Michael H gave it a9:
good album, his older stuff is still better
Juicy Berry gave it a10:
Lyrically superb, with some awesome beats and heavy, heavy basslines!!
Doof gave it a9:
Amazing lyrics and cool blend of hip-hop and rock. Definitely better than the 76 it got.
trent gave it a9:
Those who feel that Sage is 2005's version of House of Pain probably have an outdated prejudice against white hip-hop artists. Sage's lyrics communicate to the American public an emotion that both liberal and conservatives have felt from 9/11 to 2005, angst! Angst is not an emotion that is only associated with one's teenage years. The possibility of a draft make teenagers and their PARENTS anxious and so on. This album, lyrically is a shocking, emotional and overall moving critique of post 9/11-and possibly pre-Iraq draft American society. Sage's masterful lyrics gracefully interweave complex figurative language with honest moral, and political convictions. Had the beats been produced by the likes of El-P, Prefuse 73, and RJD2, this album might have been both an emo rap and progressive hip-hop classic, dissassociating Sage with the almost-ethnocentritic Anticon collective. If Sage keeps writing fantasic lyrics, somebody with prestige in the progressive hip-hop community will pick up on Sage sooner or later. El-P might praise Sage for his political insights and knowledge of hip-hop. This might lead to a Sage/Kweli collaboration on a Prefuse 73 album. Unlike Ghostface and El-P, Kweli and Sage might actually record their vocals in the same room. How progressive would that be ? Or El-P might criticize him for being too spoken wordish. If that happens, Sage might be unjustly perceived as a contemporary of the hyperlexic Sole who thinks that rambling is a plausible style of rapping. No matter what happens, Sage will probably be the brilliant MC, poet personal journalist and social commentator that he is now.
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