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Alternative PressHerren manages to deliver another dense, cinematic electronic record without repeating himself or--worse--the competition. [Dec 2007, p.187]
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There's nothing all that innovative here, but Preparations is warm and familiar enough to keep the brain buzzing.
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Questions aside, it sounds badass; dope, even, like any good hip-hop record should.
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With its shyness, lack of flourish, unvarnished finish and relative dearth of guest appearances, Preparations is, more than any other Pref record, some decidedly this-level-type shit.
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On closer inspection and at a suitably stupid volume, however, Preparations rocks and lurches in grand fashion.
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The edge is still very much here. Prefuse can still drop it apocalyptic-style, as he proves on 'Prog Version Slowly Crushed.'
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SpinPreparations will leave you dizzy and wondering what it all means-- which may be the point. [Nov 2007, p.124]
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Prefuse 73 sounds freer, and yet more deliberately formal--most of the songs break down like classic hip-hop does, two-thirds of the way toward the end.
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A supernal set of tracks ends Preparations, movements of pure reverie that complete the album in fitting fashion.