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Dec 13, 2010I concede that playing by old school rules produces most of As U Were's hottest bangers....On the album's lesser half, the hooks are just as big but weak, and the rhyming is sluggish or scarce.
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Nov 17, 2010Japanese-American hip-hop lifer Lyrics Born may never top Later That Day..., his career-defining 2003 album, but he still puts in an honest year's work.
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Under The RadarNov 4, 2010His raspy, wonderful voice often lags behind, and the actual substance of the lines gets lost in the dust. [Fall 2010, p.74]
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Nov 2, 2010Call it reliable or call it boring, As U Were slots into the Lyrics Born discography comfortably, as an album any hip-hop fan could enjoy, but hardly love.
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Nov 2, 2010It wouldn't hurt him to slow his roll here. Most of the record is spent on blithe, fruitless trips down other people's styles.