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- Summary: Perhaps best known for being the album that depicted the World Trade Center towers in flames on its cover (before the events of September 11 necessitated a last-minute change of artwork), 'Party Music' is the fourth full-length for the ultra-political rappers.
- Record Label: 75 Ark
- Genre(s): Rap
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Imperfect, definitely. But only because perfection is on the table.
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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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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 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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May be the Coup's tightest album yet.
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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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Many of the lyrics on Party Music amount to no more than slogans, maxims, opinions.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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AnikulapoC.Jan 2, 2002A masterpeice.
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MikeR.Jan 10, 2002This album rocks!
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AlisonK.Jan 27, 2002People like Boots are making the world a better place.
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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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patriotDec 30, 2001anti-American, anti-police, anti-capitalist CRAP
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