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MH-207 Labtekwon - Song Of The Sovereign  Mush, in conjunction with Ankh Ba Records, has collected seventeen tracks from Labtekwon's extensive catalog for the career retrospective, Song Of The Sovereign. From his debut, Ghetto Gospel through The Future's Now... What's Next, Da Dawn, Da Helpless Won, Balti-Moorish Science, and Nile Child, to his lo-fi live recording Proverbs of Passion, and his most recent full-length, The Last Emcee/The Art of Love, Labtek's releases have been as innovative as they are impossible to find. Effortlessly shifting styles and content, running from hundreds-of-words-in-a-breath stream-of-consciousness channeling to take-no-prisoner battle raps, Song Of The Sovereign is the perfect introduction to one of the underground's most respected and influential emcees. |
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| An impressive album from an MC whose time has come. - Vibe / Labtekwon is the revitalization of Brand Nubian, KRS-One, and A Tribe Called Quest all in one. - Ghetto Blaster / The most unjustly slept-on rapper in underground hip-hop - CMJ / This is a great collection - Mixer / Raises the rhyme bar with brain-expanding efficiency - Pulse |
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| The rhymes may flow in a cool and mellow fashion, but Labtekwon is anything but shy and restrained. The thought (behind the music as well as the lyrics) is strong and well-considered. Slow, dirty grooves populate the beatwork. Lots of funk expressed in a meditative and restrained style. More than scratching, sampling and looping, there's some nice bass work going on as well. Nothing shiny about these songs. Even the distortion has been refined to a dull roar. All that contributes to the cool feel of this album, and it's a perfect compliment to the rhymes. Labtekwon sets the table and then piles the plates full of knowledge. Not a thing stands in the way of a proper feast. Dig in. - Aiding & Abetting |
2XLP/Out Of Print