Cannibal Ox : Rolling Stone

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The Cold Vein

At its worst, the brainy hip-hop underground can be clinical, with rhymes as flat as the production; at its best, the subgenre's lyrical abstractions and rhythmic complexities form new pathways between the head and heart. Taking cues from the New York underground avatars Company Flow, Harlem duo Can...

2001 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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Manhattan hip-hop duo Cannibal Ox made a startling debut in 2001 with their album, The Cold Vein. On it, the uptown crew accomplished the mighty task of creating a whole new way to view inner-city life. Produced entirely by Definitive Jux chief El-P, MCs Vast Aire and Vordul crafted a startling world that resembled an impoverished Harlem as imagined by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. Over jagged...

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