167124, you nailed it with this paragraph. Posted by Dr Claw, Tue May-22-12 08:10 AM
>In many ways, El-P's bowing to the sound of Atlanta without >compromising his desire to challenge is R.A.P. Album's >greatest success story. "Go!" would have fit right in >alongside Mike's work on I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II, >while "Ghetto Gospel" cackles in the ears of those who would >complain El-P is forever the soundtrack to white bread, coldly >backpack-oriented abstraction. It's a minor footnote that a >man known for such derogatorily defined "white rap" has made >such an extremely southern, black record, but it's definitely >an accomplishment that will dominant early sessions for folks >intimate with his past works. But with the constantly >transforming background details, squiggly synth basslines and >AmeriKKKaz Most Wanted revivals like "Don't Die" and "Reagan", >one would be very wrong to assume El-P held back from putting >his foot in this album. He simply did it in a way that can >only be defined as shockingly accessible considering his >oeuvre.
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