>>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!?
>
lol, no.

>> 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
>
which is why I said towards the end of what I wrote that I understand why I understand that this was important for Mike from his persective to be pretty much the only guy on this, just that it made me realize I'd like to hear El-P make a record like this with a group of MCs.

>>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?
>
This isn't about me disagreeing with his politics, this is about him as an MC. He's never made me feel fully invested in his 'story' from a personal perspective & he's never been able to spit the political stuff at a level of a Chuck, Boots, etc but I appreciate the efforts.
>
>>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
>
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