• Band Name: Cage
  • Record Label: Def Jux
  • Release Date: Jul 7, 2009
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  • Summary: The third album for the New York rapper features production by El-P, Aesop Rock, and F. Sean Martin.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Confident non-jumpers shouldn't be concerned that this disc weeps with you're-always-dying-inside woe-is-my-love-life misery.
  2. Rabid fans won't mind much; just make sure you're sold on Hell's Winter before taking this bumpier ride through Cage's inner turmoil.
  3. Rarely will one find a detractor when it comes to Cage's sheer talent, but--thanks to sterile production and the replacement of hip-hop beats with rap-rock thrashings ("Beat Kids") and corny, overdramatized hooks ("Captain Bumout")--Depart From Me demonstrates an immaturity that will render Cage's career difficult to reconcile.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. GreggJ
    10
    Honestly I feel like this is one of the best CD's I've ever heard, I feel like the pitchfork guy has a deep hate for anything white rapper related. Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  2. ChrisG
    10
    So different and perfect. Best album in a while buy it!
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. A dark album like Cage's other work. However, Depart From Me is a much more flawed and experimental addition to Cage's discography than Hell's Winter. It feels pathetic at certain point. Like the track "Fat Guys Need An Anthem." Yet on other tracks, he does the Rap Rock genre really well. The album is definitely worth a listen because of how different it is, but Chris Palko's occasional moments of self-pity depart the record from being great. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
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