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  • Summary: This is the debut album for the Detroit rap group that includes Apollo Brown, Journalist 103, and DJ Soko.

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  1. Okayplayer
    Mar 3, 2011
    92
    If I were asked to document the unrest within Detroit, The Left's Gas Mask would be the backdrop. Journalist 103 and Apollo Brown have created a beautifully ugly masterpiece that seethes with urgency and raises the bar considerably for their peers at home and beyond.
  2. HipHopDX
    Mar 3, 2011
    80
    There aren't any lackluster songs, and even though the lyrics and the rhymes are digestible on the first listen, they get better with more listens.
  3. RapReviews.com
    Mar 3, 2011
    80
    An artistic statement and a brilliant debut, Gas Mask should be Motown's unofficial soundtrack, but its listenership should know no regional boundaries.

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  1. GeorgeSy
    9
    A top album! Apollo Brown's beats are inspired. Journalist 103's rhymes are on form. One of the best albums of 2011. I hope people don't confuse it with old school hip hop because the way the samples and the drums compliment the verses are of too high a standard not to be of this age.… Expand
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