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| Mechanical Royalty |
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producers: dj pre, rjd2, mf doom, ese,
hipsta.
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guests: jungle mike
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| year of release: 2003 |
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| Don't babble. Don't have us listen to your
babble. Now imagine a babbletron. That's worse than canned laughter.
It's more horrible than elevator music. It's kinda like, well,
Bush, I guess. Yeah, George W. Bush, or even more Rumbsfeld,
both are babbletrons. Listen to Rumbsfeld say anything. That's
pure babbling. And Bush only invited Ozzy over, because he struggles
even more to get one straight and consecutive sentence out,
than W. does. Man, horror. |
| Not this Babbletron though, a threesome from
Brooklyn New York city, where people aim to kill. They however
claim "Mechanical Royalty", like Bender was made a
Sire. And on eleven tracks, jaymanila, Calm-Pete and DJ Pre
behind the beats, speak from the this (politic thinking on "SpecialFX")
to that (women on "Birds")
and back (hit men on "Hit Man Sonnet"
with Jungle Mike) With the flavor smelling as much like New
York as does a sweaty Yankees sock. The beats are rough, sample
based, dirty, there's scratches, and sunshine is lost somewhere
inside the shadow of the alleyway. |
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| And that throughout the tracks
that are carried by Pre's production, with a couple
of exclusions though. Like on "The
Clock Song", RJD2 gave up one of his
beats, for the rappers to reflect about how there's
no rubber in this life where you can erase what
has been, while the RJD2 beat is sweet and smooth.
Also famous for his production is MF Doom, and he
speeds up and gets the intensity up on "Space
Tech Banana Clip", where the rappers
put down their 70's science fiction screenplay. |
| On "One
Shot" the drum takes over, having a
live feel, while the humming and dramatic background
create a desperate feel (and it's as well produced
as is "Broke
Down"). The words still carry the same
angst, with the topic resting on these reflective
and introspective conclusions. That's part one,
part two then opts for a lengthy instrumental break,
with a 60's rock sample turning into technozid grumbling
(followed up on the drug lingo using "Dope").
With this feeling finally being dropped on "A.C.W.A.L.L.",
another talking about the females song, where a
content little guitar adds a new summer feeling
to the nasty rhetoric. |
| What's good about a 'tron, you
can program him. And if anything, this Babbletron
was programmed to spit clever lyrics, with wit and
a playful usage of the words. Paired with bare and
baked beats, the music reflects the pessimism instilled
by reality and the age. The irony is part of coming
to terms with it, as much as an always lingering
humor that's just human. Therefore, this is not
that much mechanical as it is in flesh and blood,
with this babbling actually being things you want
to listen to. |
| review:
tadah |
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