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72 out of 100

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9.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: This instrumental hip-hop disc marks the solo debut by the longtime producer for Aesop Rock and other Def Jux artists.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Urb
    90
    This is an album that seeks to push boundaries, and succeeds. [May 2004, p.84]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Blockhead injects enough emotional expression into the dusky downtempo tracks to separate himself from the knob-twiddling pack. [2 Apr 2004, p.66]
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  3. Playlouder
    60
    Many tunes possess an open, spacious quality, as if waiting for the jigsaw’s last piece.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. sean
    10
    blockhead...ill as fuck
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  2. nickp
    10
    one of the best beat pieces i've ever heard
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  3. Justin
    10
    If this music "merely drifts over you", you should shut up and listen to it. Blockhead is one of the best musicians to grace the planet and Music by Cavelight just further shows that...… Expand
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