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So while The Ownerz does in some ways succeed in its quest to succinctly define the foundation of basic beats and rhymes, its insistent pining for bygone days ultimately reveals itself as lackluster nostalgia.
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Premier does a solid job throughout The Ownerz, but nothing here approaches his past classics.
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BlenderDignified and confident but slightly starved for ideas. [Aug 2003, p.125]
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Q MagazineIt's almost a carbon copy of their early work. [Sep 2003, p.101]
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Entertainment Weekly"Skills" and "Rite Where U Stand" show the group's formula can still sizzle, but on the more mundane tracks... Gang Starr sound comfortable, and that's the last thing they'd want. [11 Jul 2003, p.78]
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The WireGuru is... pushing the same grim consistency that makes folks describe Gang Starr albums as 'solid', not budging, not boring, but not better than Moment of Truth. [#234, p.73]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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MaartenV.Aug 13, 2008
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BenjaminH.Sep 10, 2003