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Sure, his collaborators have some of the best beats in the business. But they can't always take up the slack when Bubba's raps start to wither in the heat.
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Sparxxx proves he's upgraded his whip-quick flow.
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BlenderSparxxx is no producer's creation. His lexicon is deep, his diction clear and his words resolute. [Sep 2003, p.130]
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Entertainment WeeklyA sober rumination about life in the poor, white, rural South. [3 Oct 2003, p.72]
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Offering musical redemption for the New South's old hang-ups, Deliverance delivers.
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The album has a coherency that was absent first time around, and there is also a rattling freshness to the sound that Timbaland has rustled up.
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He and his producers have constructed a monument to this New New New South. And you don't really have to believe in it in order to appreciate what a great record this is.
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Q MagazineIt's when Bubba stays with his Southern roots... that he really shines. [Oct 2003, p.100]
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A few of the honky-tonk touches -- such as the corny country crooning on "My Baby's Gone" -- feel like gimmicks. But Sparxxx's lyrics are no shtick.
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For the juke-joint blues of Jimmy Mathis and the breezy mountain song Comin Round, he takes old-school-as-the-hills song forms and gussies them up for the club.
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In a year thats produced first-rate albums by OutKast and Lucinda Williams, Bubba, a self-proclaimed redneck from rural Georgia who most people pegged as a probable one-hit wonder three years ago, has beaten the odds and made both the hip-hop and country album of the year.
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Mixes hip-hop and country with ease and grace.
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An intense, brooding piece of work.
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UncutAn album that is as poignant as it is over the top. [Oct 2003, p.118]
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VibeSparxxx has now crafted a gem, thanks to improved songwriting and nimble production. [Nov 2003, p.157]
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If Eminem is hip-hop's Elvis, then Bubba is its Gregg Allman, the white boy embraced by lowdown Little Africa, especially fellow musicians.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 0 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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miltonlOct 28, 2003I love it since people say i look like him and i began liking his music
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Jul 15, 2015
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Jul 14, 2013