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Jul 25, 2012Stunning, and at 17 tracks, surprisingly solid.
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Jun 5, 2012This cerebral/visceral friction is one of the most satisfying elements of Black Hippy, and Ab-Soul arguably carries it the furthest of the group.
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May 25, 2012If Habits & Contradictions was a reinstatement of gangsta rap, then Control System is a giant leap forward in conscious rap.
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The WireJul 24, 2012Ab-Soul music fuses street-level concerns with the sort of erudite, rhyme scheme-fixated wordplay more commonly associated with rapper who value beats and rhymes over life. [Jul 2012, p.71]
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May 25, 2012Ab-Soul performs well in this complementary role and shows how versatile he really is, almost a west-coast amalgam of Brown and Kanye West, yet still a slightly weaker and more inconsistent sum than the parts.
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May 25, 2012Control System is one of the better mixtapes to come out this year.
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May 25, 2012The project furthers Top Dawg Entertainment's winning streak and marks the formal arrival of a cornerstone for this organization, an interestingly deep thinker whose determination and expanding consciousness seek to uplift and shape the world around him.
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May 25, 2012In his most recent solo endeavor, Control System, Soul craftily proves that he is indeed a potent weapon on a team full of heavy artillery.
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Aug 28, 2012He's just a gifted kid who likes his weed and his words, which he twists with palpable delight around sparse synth beats musical enough to layer on some delight of their own.
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May 25, 2012A few days of repeat spins now have revealed the album to have more depth and sustainability than I first suspected.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 98 out of 105
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Mixed: 4 out of 105
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Negative: 3 out of 105
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Apr 18, 2014
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Jun 28, 2012