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- Record Label: Definitive Jux
- Release Date: Oct 14, 2008
- Summary: The rappers latest album features such guest artists as DJ Shadow, Mr. Lif, Damian Marley, and MF Doom.
- Record Label: Definitive Jux
- Genre(s): Rap
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 12
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Mixed: 5 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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It's the rare supergroup that's actually super.
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These guys sure can rap and rhyme, and they do.
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The only thing that stops Droppin' Science Fiction from being an instant masterpiece is that Lateef and Gift of Gab don't do quite enough to make these tracks shine; great productions and great rapping still need a few big hooks (vocal or musical) to snare listeners right from the get-go.
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Though the album doesn’t develop a theme throughout listening, the all-star analogy holds up.
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Having three creative forces acting on the music from different angles leads to frequent twists, turns and stylistic shifts--showing they can roll like Dr. Octagon one minute and Sly Stone the next.
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The album mostly succeeds, though, especially where its ambitions reach beyond standard social-issue theorizing and rap-game bashing.
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The fact that this dorkiness has enveloped a few usually-on-point guests (MF Doom, Mr. Lif & Akrobatik, DJ Shadow) is unfortunate enough; that it's being perpetrated by two MCs who've been consistently great since the early- to mid-90s just makes it more frustrating.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Apr 14, 2016
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