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Dec 10, 2013Rap Album One breaks away from rap conventions in an effortless manner.
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MojoDec 10, 2013His offbeat personality and refusal to pound the toad most traveled mark out this wildly talented bearded savant as a potential game-changer. [Dec 2013, p.89]
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Dec 10, 2013Approach Rap Album One is an acquired taste that's worth acquiring because it isn't for everyone, but it's excellent.
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Dec 10, 2013The triumph of Rap Album One is that Wayne manages to experiment sonically while his rhymes maintain an undeniable true school appeal.
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Dec 10, 2013Far from an ill-advised sideways movement for its maker, from production to rhymes, Rap Album One finds a well-deserved home within Stones Throw’s prestigious catalogue.
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Dec 10, 2013It's only when he applies his production tricks to his own voice on tracks like "Reflection" when things tend to go awry. But its this experimental bent that makes Rap Album One stand out, and deploying these skills judicially in the future will undoubtedly pay off on the evidence of this solid, eclectic debut.
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Mar 12, 2014It won't get your blood pumping, but the dusky vibes are markedly idiosyncratic for a crowded landscape.
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Dec 10, 2013The album may be hard to connect to on anything other than a cerebral level, but sometimes that's the best way to connect.