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MH-201 Boom Bip & Doseone - Circle  A Birdcatcher in a no-piece suit and a Town Crier in the round, Circle is the critically acclaimed full-length from vocalist Doseone and producer Boom Bip. The New York Times has named Circle one of the "Top-Ten Worthwhile Albums of the Year" and the duo have been rewarded with over a dozen artist profiles including a feature in The Wire and nods to Doseone as Spin's "Incoming" and CMJ's "On the Verge" artist-of-the-month. A cohesive work of word and sound that ends where it begins and emulates the child within, Circle combines honest word and live instrumentation with an amalgam of sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties compositions. Doseone does it all, prose at light speed, in slow speak, and even bird calls. Circle is at once like everything and nothing before it - and what comes next will not be the same. |
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| A Masterpiece, Fladdout - Your Flesh / Hip-Hop To Confound And Inspire In Equal Measure - Seven / Edgy, Eldritch and Mind-Bogglingly Evanescent - DJ / Invigorating, Wildly Innovative and Inventive - Play Louder / Ambitious, off the wall, and impossible to justice in a review - Straight No Chaser / A Landmark Moment In Hip-Hop History - Exclaim! |
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| Circle is a fascinatingly deep and dark album with Boom Bip providing the backing, Doseone the vocal gymnastics on top. Occasional instrumentals like "Town Criers Walk" (a splendidly funky number) and "The Lantern" (equally so) are left to break up the fascinating and never-ending dialogue directed at you, the listener. Often nasal, occasionally grating, but always engaging, Doseone works wonders with his semi-poetic, semi-rap prose. Doseone's unique rasping lyrics cut through Boom Bip's warm rolling breaks cleanly. As an album, it works terrifically; drawing the listener in (remarkable for the difficult and challenging style) and has a feel of its own. A truly remarkable album, which defies pigeonholing and easy playlisting. Not to be missed. - Absorb |
2XLP/Out Of Print