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Party Music doesn't really break much new ground for the Coup; it's more a consolidation of their strengths, touching on a little bit of everything they've done well in the past.
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Alternative PressThe duo's brand of hip-hop sounds like a mind-meeting between Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton and pimped-out Bay Area rapper Too Short. [Oct 2001, p.91]
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May be the Coup's tightest album yet.
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Not as consistent as The Coup’s outstanding Steal This Album from 1998, Party Music still manages to be one of 2001’s best.
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Party Music is an effort both entertaining and politically motivating, a feat which many have attempted but few have successfully pulled off.
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SpinThey've also inflected the mix with OutKast's quick complexity; and, like 'Kast, the Coup have progressed from story rapping to more mercurial rhymes. [Oct 2001, p.125]
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In a hip-hop world ruled by clichéd production and watered-down beats, a sound so simultaneously funky and strange is, to say the least, a welcome change.
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The Coup's warmest and most organic effort to date, both lyrically and musically.
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UncutThese cuts are fresh'n'funky with a strong Seventies soul influence. [Feb 2002, p.113]
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Many of the lyrics on Party Music amount to no more than slogans, maxims, opinions.
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Imperfect, definitely. But only because perfection is on the table.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Mixed: 1 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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SNAug 30, 2006
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LawrencePMay 10, 2005Some the best tunes hip-hop has to offer these days. Super!
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AlisonK.Jan 27, 2002People like Boots are making the world a better place.