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Instrumental hip-hop that's deep in the Shadow vein
on his solo debut, Columbus, Ohio, producer Rjd2 takes a brooding cinemascope approach to hip-hop that is undeniably influenced by DJ Shadow's 1996 album, Endtroducing. . . . Although the student does not outstrip the master, Rjd2 has clearly been doing his homework. The searing opener, "The Horror," reeks of claustrophobic, spy-vs.-spy subterfuge, and "Ghostwriter" uses pumping horns that evoke the underdog essence of Bill Conti's Rocky score. But the album's instrumentals are weighed down like an overloaded backpack by three hip-hop tracks starring mundane underground MCs. Once Rjd2 loses this baggage, he'll really be going places.
PETER RELIC
(RS 905 - Sept. 19, 2002)
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Track List
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The Horror (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Salud (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Smoke 6 Mirrors (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Good Times Roll Part 2 (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Final Frontier (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Ghostwriter
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Cut Out To FL (track not available in Rhapsody)
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F.H.H. (track not available in Rhapsody)
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A Shot In The Dark (track not available in Rhapsody)
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The Chicken-Bone Circuit (track not available in Rhapsody)
- The Proxy
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Two More Dead (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Take The Picture Off (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Silver Fox (track not available in Rhapsody)
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June (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Work
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