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| The Clock EP |
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producers: sm.arson
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guests: magnus one, essohess, melodic scribes, anti-matter bonecrusher.
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| year of release: 2003 |
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| Beginning with guitar note progressions and hand slides, "Ill Wordplay" introduces us to Doomsday's lyrics - a varied mix of clever couplets, honest reflections and battle rhymes - over what is by far the best track on the
EP. According to his bio (on banarnar.com), Doomsday has been making some noise by battling in his locality (wherever that might be), and this EP is his first real attempt at applying his lyrical prowess to a track-by-track formula. Although by the
time you get to the third track this is something you might well have figured out yourself. |
| For all that Doomsday shows a great deal of rhyming and flowing potential, he frequently sounds like a battle rapper who hasn't quite mastered the art of writing songs yet, and is therefore stuck in a transition. Every other lyric on "Destruction
Of The Colonies" (featuring Magnus One) seems to be along the lines of "Fuck y'all faggots", which is distracting enough, but even on tracks that presumably aren't supposed to be compiled battle couplets, Doomsday's persistent one-liner jibes break up the flow of what might otherwise
be coherent verses. |
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| "Real Love" is Doomsday's most successful attempt at writing lyrics that aren't side-tracked by his battling tendencies; it pays homage to his art in a way that echoes Common's "I Used To Love H.E.R" by drawing
a comparison between loving Hip Hop and loving a woman. Along with "Ill Wordplay" and the skipping piano keys of "The Go", "Real
Love" is also an example of some of the good mellow beats that Doomsday has at his disposal. |
| What "The Clock EP" seems to communicate, therefore, is that Doomsday is adept at writing with wit, although needs to work on structuring his rhymes. Add that to the knowledge displayed in the title's subtle reference to the Doomsday Clock, and the fact that he has some seemingly
talented producers behind him, and Doomsday may well be someone to look out for in the future. If nuclear war doesn't occur first, that is. |
| review: cornerstone |
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