Hello Cruel World - Sole and the Skyrider Band
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  • Summary: Anticon cofounder Tim Holland releases his third album with the Skyrider Band.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Aug 3, 2011
    80
    How sharply Holland expresses his rage, how clearly his disappointment reveals betrayed idealism....Strong stuff.
  2. 70
    Whereas the past experiences showcased Holland much more embellished and free-wheeling with his flow, Hello Cruel World places a focus on the lyrical content with a flow that ends up being much easier to follow and in turn, far more accessible.
  3. Jul 26, 2011
    70
    This flirtation with mass appeal is interesting for those with even a bit of an indie-hop bent, and hearing Sole working with a less forgiving rulebook just makes the album's successes more massive.
  4. Aug 22, 2011
    60
    At time innovative, but as with much alternative hip-hop, one for the previously converted. [Sep 2011, p.104]

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