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Though it's admirably consistent and pretty darn OK, it lacks a knockout track to counterbalance the complaints about the King James Bible and swine toothpaste.
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He's back on his own terms, those of the earnest hyper-intelligent bookworm who won the plaudits of Jay-Z and 50 Cent, and sounding a lot more comfortable, with 'Hostile Gospel' and 'Say Something' re-staking a claim for the hip hop high ground over beats that are soulful and sonically coherent.
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VibeEardrum lacks cohesiveness. [August 2007, p.75]
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Kweli shows again that he deserves the respect he receives, but Eardrum is simply not cohesive enough.
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UncutKweli, whose wordy rhymes can often read better than they flow, sounds nimble and at ease most of the time. [Oct 2007, p.96]
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SpinThough Kweli can't change his voice he was born with, he needs to figure out how to make it as compelling as his material. [Sep 2007, p.133]
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Q MagazineArticulate and thoughtful as Kweli's rhymrs are, few of the star producers he's invited along rise to the occasion. [Sep 2007, p.95]
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Ear Drum is his sprawling, messy 2007 manifesto, loaded with rhymes that take weeks to unpack, to say nothing of the bizarre diversity of producers and guests.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 38
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Mixed: 1 out of 38
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Negative: 2 out of 38
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KyleZ.Sep 11, 2007Album of the year. Hands down. Production from long time partner Hi-Tek on More or Less is phenomenal. The quintessential Hip-Hop album.
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EdwardHSep 11, 2007
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prolifikSep 9, 2007Solid album from start to finish, way better and consistent than Beautiful Struggle