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Jul 23, 2012Although it feels druggy and improvisational at times, the outcome is soberingly great.
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Aug 6, 2012Perhaps his greatest achievement here lies in the construction, an LP that balances the rappers with the beats into a seamless record.
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Sep 5, 2012This cohesive piece is still dotted with stand-out moments.
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Oct 8, 2012Russian Roulette turns out to be less about stepping out from behind the velvet curtain, and more about the magic he can weave from behind it.
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The SourceAug 22, 2012The LA-bred production wizard creates a kaleidoscope of audio experiences that blend together into one-hour long, unconventional gem. [#253, p.91]
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Jul 23, 2012With verses courtesy of everyone from Schoolboy Q and Action Bronson to Roc Marciano and Danny Brown, Alc continues to wear his hazy influences on his sleeve.
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Jul 23, 2012Despite the big names (he invited a veritable indie hip-hop A-list), Maman's vision shines without overpowering.
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Jul 23, 2012The level on which Russian Roulette works best is experienced in a stoner's sound-design-obsessed bubble, where each crackle of a record and particular melodic line of a funk, fusion, soundtrack, or novelty sample seems to contain a cavernous importance simply for displacing air with sound.
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Oct 12, 2012For most of its runtime, highlights included, the album is mired in the same self-drowning-out that afflicts the best of its ilk.
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