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| tracklisting |
| 1. Applause (Intro) - Gangsta Teeth Interlude |
| 2. Watchtower feat. Jakprogresso |
| 3. Inside The TV |
| 4. Break Guitars |
| 5. Love |
| 6. Connecticut Breakdown |
| 7. Dream Dentistry |
| 8. Feed Me Grapes feat. Afra |
| 9. World Mirage |
| 10. World Is Virus feat. Paramount, Mac Lethal - More Accordions Interlude |
| 11. Beautiful Disease |
| 12. Booz (Outro) |
| Hygene feat. Breez Evahflwoin, Big Justo Lanes (Bonus Track) |
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| The art of shit talking has been perfected. Or almost. I'm sure even LoDeck would find a cynical remark about his own skills behind the mic. You can't just say straight things, even though you're saying a lot of things straight. So by all mean, LoDeck's "Dream Dentistry"
is one of the strongest examples of the generation Z's fishing for reason, without any of the philosophical backwash, or psychology mush, but with a whole lot of the smartaleck's seasoning. And when it comes to smartaleckisms, there's no other site that knows more, and there's no other emcee that does
it better too. LoDeck's the man. |
| That extends to the liner notes, that offer small glimpses into more don't take me too seriousness. With a lot of reason found in no reason, as there's "Nuttin' left to spit but 'ayos'. Figure this shit out when you get home." Lyrically there's a lot of smartass talk, all
very entertaining, and all very heroic. Stylistically we get a combination of so simple and wacky enough to be cool similes ("touch the earth like helicopters landing"), along with 'savage sarcasm', as LoDeck calls it on "Break Guitars",
as well as just good lyricism of 'blah blah music' (again to quote "Break Guitars"), that didn't forget that humor makes the world go round. And not 'love', as "Love" might have you suspect. Even though this is one
of the more honest moments on the albums, as you can just believe that he loves porn. Or that yes: "[I] love talking shit / for the love of debate". And etc., etc., etc., going through a list of average lovings of an average young man with a full functioning set of balls and anti-morals. |
| Not to call the album average though. As also on the beat tip, we get a couple of interesting moments, like with eexcellent and funny sampling. Be it in the "Gangsta Teeth Interlude", where a Billie Holiday-ish, or a Billie Holiday moment adds dept. Or even more so
on the "More Accordions Interludes" that should have been destroyed with some rhymes. As well as the melancholy of "Connecticut Breakdown". To all that musicality, there's also the bare butt of the low bass on "Inside The TV", or the minimalist title
track "Dream Dentistry", as well as a thick piano by Blockhead on "Feed Me Grapes", Blockhead's vibes on "Beautiful Disease" or a remote spacyness
on "World Is Virus". |
| Which is one of the tracks that features guests. Here Paramount and Johnny23 alumni Mac Lethal, who offers a Puffy argument when he says: "you can't make girls dance kicking punchlines, now can you?" The bonus track "Hygene" offers contributions from Breez
Evahflowin and Big Justo Lanes, as well as Deck playing smartass (i.e. himself) when he says: "some feel knowledge is a weapon, how dumb / a weapon is a weapon / knowledge is for fun". So note, you get jewels here, dun. Jewels. Don't miss 'em. Like Deck says. "Don't forget to pretend
not to ignore the lyrics." |
| Even though it might seem that LoDeck is talking on every song about the same thing. And that same thing not being that much or deep or what not. However this is more than mere entertainment. It's kinda like the rambling of a drunk that scaringly makes a whole lot of sense. It's like
the guy that you like to hang out with, because if sober, high or on cold turkey, always knows something funny or poetic or interesting or clever or wacky or real to say. And the wisdom often lies in brutal humor. LoDeck is that, much less, much more, and he dreams of being a dentist. |
| review: tadah |
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