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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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| With the richest, most textured and subtle flavorings of a hip-hop feast laid across the entire spectrum of tracks heard on recent hip-hop albums, Labtekwon's Song of the Sovereign satisfies the musical cravings of discerning tastes. A retrospective of his career gems, Labtek's latest album is laden with intelligent lyrics couched in danceable beats between layers of innovative uses of meter and varied instruments, from acoustic drums to flute lines. His tracks' styles range from the languid rhythms of an afternoon drum circle to more rap-oriented pieces with varied energies and moods that showcase his virtuosity and illustrate the influence of the many other artists he's performed with - including Digital Underground, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One and Brand Nubian. The entire album is nourishing and lingers long after the disc is done, slating it as a collection staple and achieving the elusive consistency that artists strive for but rarely attain. - Boston's Weekly Dig |
2XLP/Out Of Print