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A geek's wet dream.
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UncutA triumph of sample-based, groove-cutting rap that shifts ground with every attempt to pin it down. [May 2004, p.106]
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Q Magazine[The DFA's] desk work on Automato's impressive debut raises the profile of their proteges. [May 2004, p.98]
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BlenderUnlke many underground MCs, [Levine] doesn't use a $10 word if it'll compromise the beat. [May 2004, p.118]
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SpinMellow rhymes and chunky beats. [Aug 2004, p.108]
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While not a terrific album, the good often outweighs the occasional filler.
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I'd like to say Automato is an album worth slobbering over, but it's not.
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Despite their courage for bending genres to the breaking point, this self-titled debut of live hip hop could use a little more reigning in and little less rocking out.
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Indeed, there are lessons to be learned from Automato's debut, the foremost being that the golden touch of Mssrs. Murphy and Goldsworthy can't save a band from their own indie-rap dullness, horrible cybernetic-produce bandname, and absolutely atrocious MC.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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adrianlDec 2, 2004Really great album, mixing hiphop, electro, funk and rock. Thanks to the DFA team, hiphop goes on
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[Anonymous]Sep 5, 2004Hot album. People who don't like this are either on crack or have a serious mental difficiency.
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LauraJul 11, 2004