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Here's a group at the top of its game.
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Entertainment WeeklySuitable for both the streets and chain stores. [9 Apr 2004, p.87]
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The A.V. ClubWhile Dilated Peoples doesn't throw many curveballs, when its fastball is working, it doesn't need them.
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Alternative PressMost of Neighborhood Watch is uncompromising proof that hip-hoppers, like rockers, can move units and still stay true. [May 2004, p.106]
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Three albums in, their belief that success and integrity don’t have to be mutually exclusive, is finally starting to pay off.
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Their third album finds them immersed in light-hearted, yet imaginative hop ‘n’ soul, Parliamentarian funk and the fiery chants of lead single ‘This Way’.
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Q MagazineImaginative. [May 2004, p.101]
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Chunky, hook-laden songs like Tryin' to Breathe and This Way show a newfound sonic confidence, but Dilated Peoples remain astoundingly dull MCs, delivering earnest and predictable rhymes.
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The promising threesome spend most of their time in a creative rut, largely because of an unrelenting adherence to a diet of chunky beats and straightforward battle rhymes -- neither of which is particularly easy to digest.
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VibeThe album is plagued by too many predictable bass lines and uninspired samples. [May 2004, p.163]
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MojoThis sounds like a decent Gang Star LP--no bad thing, but it lacks the spark of individuality. [May 2004, p.103]
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UrbAll good, but not quite great. [Apr 2004, p.85]
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On Neighborhood Watch, their delivery is stale and unimpressive, much like the overproduced Expansion Team.
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Most of the blame for Neighborhood Watch has to go to the previously invincible Alchemist, whose productions are front-loaded on the record. Unfortunately, his beats aren't rugged or hooky, just astonishingly weak.
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They can’t rap. Period.
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A waste of good beats.
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SpinEvidence and Iriscience remain so humorlessly hard they could guard Buckingham Palace. [May 2004, p.108]
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Sounds for the most part weak and tired.
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Despite a few quality tracks, the album feels wholly uninventive and listless.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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MikeSep 13, 2005Yo this shit is hot.
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JasonTMay 30, 2004
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VinceHMay 21, 2004