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- Summary: The sixth release from the Oakland, California, hip hop group led by Boots Riley features guests such as Das Racist, Joe Henry, Jolie Holland, Japanther, Killer Mike, and Justin Sane of Anti-Flag.
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- Record Label: Anti
- Genre(s): Rap, Pop/Rock
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Nov 2, 2012Boots Riley has at his disposal a rich, seldom-tapped seam of scathing rhetoric and concrete metaphor and fleshes out leftist analysis with humanist muscle and poetic integument.
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Oct 31, 2012It's a concept album, a bold provocation, a statement, a riot, and a hell of a party to boot.
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Nov 5, 2012WAVIP closes the album with an anti-climatic "we are all V.I.P." chant, the only dud on an album that otherwise makes even the hardest-hitting messages sound care-free and danceable.
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Oct 31, 2012It might take some time for older fans to adjust--its punk energy aims for the calves more frequently than the neck--but Sorry to Bother You contains some of the Coup's most vehement and focused output.
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Dec 6, 2012With only a couple weak tracks, Sorry to Bother You is a better-than-solid effort; more hip-hop albums should be this ridiculously fun.
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MagnetDec 4, 2012It's a powerhouse collection. [No. 93, p.53]
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Oct 31, 2012It's an admirably ambitious mix, often a bit too unruly.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Nov 5, 2012Along with K.Lamar and Killer Mike, my favourite hip hop album of the year! Really good.
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Dec 14, 2012
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