>Oddly enough even though Mike spazzed all over this thing he
>may be the weak link here if you had to name one mostly
>because his voice & earnest sometimes accusatory tone can get
>wearing over the course of a full album.

Accusatory tone is good, we need more accusations in rap, or at least awareness of reality.. Are you a Republican or something!?

> I could have used
>another feature or two because basically it's Mike for the
>entire album after T.I. finishes his verse on track one.

I like that he raps the whole album through, there's a theme to the album and you can lose the theme if you have a bunch of different rappers all with their different topics. The El-P verse fits right in cos they're on the same wavelength themes wise... He only gave himself one verse so he had to bring the ruckus

>I'm not even a huge fan of El-P as a rapper but when he
>finally shows up for a verse on Butane it's a welcome relief
>just to have some variation in the vocals & on top of that he
>kills it.


>I guess I'm just not
>invested enough in his persona or his sometimes stringent
>social commentary to not start feeling a bit full over the
>course of a full-album

What social commentary do you not like on the tape?


>Petty criticisms & greedy wish-lists aside however, make no
>mistake: this album is the aural equivalent of Tug McGraw
>recording the final out of the World Series on top of Mt. St.
>Helens in 1980.

I don't know who Tug is but I agree, this album is bananas