Mush Records - MH-214 AWOL One & Daddy Kev

MH-214 AWOL One & Daddy Kev - Slanguage

AWOL One and Daddy Kev are back together to follow up the underground hits, Souldoubt and Number 3 On The Phone with Slanguage: hip-hop's take on free jazz. Daddy Kev has crafted a fifty-minute soundscape using minor-keyed pianos, brushed drums, stand-up bass, and jazz guitars over methodically programmed beats and the virtuoso turntable manipulation of D-Styles. AWOL One's lyrics are genius in their simplicity, yet hide double meanings and depth, and his voice remains one of the most recognizable in the business. Movements interweave without constraint, tracks start, stop, then start again, and the line between full vocal track, instrumental, and interlude is blurred beyond recognition.

Tracklist

01. Ear Drums For Beer Runs At AA

02. Start Your Road Trip Now

03. My Father Is Time, My Mother Is Nature

04. Six Black Roses Are Sent To Your House

05. Audio Bibles Are Written On Stone Tablet Tables

06. Finger Paint With Bloodlike War Paint

07. That One Song You Play When You're Faded

08. Mechanical Angel In Purgatory

09. Reflections For Scratching Your Face Off

10. Grey Skys In Pscho-Delic RGB

11. Idiot Savant Autistic Delivery

12. Bootleg Monster Movies

13. Montgomery Burns' Quest For Power

14. Bladder Sweat A.K.A. Colon Soup Rockin' The Mic

15. My Favorite Weapon Selection

16. High School Love Story Drop Out Song

17. Psychos Vs. Suckers Are The Branch Davidians

18. Buyin' Friends On Ebay

19. Slowly Means God Is My Witness

20. A Trainwreck In The Netherworlds

21. The Rules Of The Week

22. Turn Your Lights Off Conspiracy

Release Details

Release Date: 03/18/2003

Running Time: 59:06

2XLP/Out Of Print

CD/Out Of Print

LOSSLESS/Out Of Print

Territory: World

Reviews Summary

Chock full of slang language that rivals the hip-hop norm, Slanguage puts avant-garde on its ass - Ghetto Blaster / AWOL One and Daddy Kev manage to always stay ahead of you as they lead you into fresh territory - Pop Matters / Beat heads will go bonkers - Synthesis / Release of the Month. 5/5 - Muzik

Reviews

Add Reviews / All Music Guide / Americore / Download / Dusted / Exclaim! / Ghetto Blaster / Hip-Hop Game / Impact Press / Ink 19 / Long Beach Union / Maui Time Weekly / Mean Street / Muzik / Orlando Weekly / Pop Matters / Repellent / San Francisco Examiner / Synthesis / The Brainwashed Brain / The Pitch / Urb / Winter Mittens / XLR8R /

Some albums are made strictly for your bumpin' enjoyment. This is not one of those albums. Underground hip-hop heads may remember Awol One (from the Shapeshifters fame) and Daddy Kev's previous audio journeys, but nothing could have prepared these heads for the bonding of rap and free-jazz of Slanguage. Staying true to the free-jazz format, the album meanders in ambient airspace then coagulates into rock-hard head bobbing beats. Awol One narrates at points, sings when necessary, then throws down the best in free association flows. Daddy Kev's beats range from upright bass and piano samples backed by live drums to distorted electronic noise. Atop all of this turntablist D-Styles adds the added elements of live cuts. While this album is highly recommended for those looking for originality in hip-hop, bubble headed baboons will find their heads popped by this album's angularity. - Long Beach Union