R.A.P. Music
- Killer Mike
- Band Name: Killer Mike
- Record Label: Williams Street
- Release Date: May 15, 2012
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May 18, 2012100With R.A.P. Music he's added a must-hear chapter to the hip-hop bible.
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May 15, 2012100Not only is it essential listening for hip-hop in 2012, but also one of the few records that pushes musical and cultural boundaries in general.
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May 23, 201291Mike and El-P may not have made a lot of sense on paper, but it's clear they have great chemistry and they have pushed each other to make some of the year's best music.
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May 24, 201290R.A.P. Music, a few slightly faulty hooks aside, is a definitive statement from Mike and a legacy changer for El-P.
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May 22, 201290It's easily one of the best albums of the year so far, and has the sound and feel of a classic.
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May 21, 201290There's no doubt--R.A.P. Music is the best Southern Rap album since Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.
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May 17, 201290It's his finest work yet, which is saying something, and the kind of record that will resonate for years not just because it's reveres history, but because it understands it and isn't afraid to demand answers from it.
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May 15, 201290R.A.P. Music, the sixth album by from Atlanta firebrand Killer Mike, is a stunning anachronism.
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Jun 4, 201289The resulting album is one that is deceptively simple, a send-up to the aggressive cultural awareness of old-school rap on the surface, filtered through a hundred different post-apocalyptic scenarios, musical and lyrical.
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Jun 5, 201288Even putting aside his berserk, imagination-defying technical skill--he stays deep enough in the pocket to get lost there--there's not a wasted breath on R.A.P. Music.
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Jun 8, 201286With El-P's help, Killer Mike has produced his first unquestionably great Album.
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May 15, 201286While this record is sure to please longtime fans, it also works as a compelling introduction.
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May 15, 201283[R.A.P. Music] feels like the culmination of his unusual career.