MH-214 AWOL One & Daddy Kev - Slanguage AWOL One & Daddy Kev are back together to follow up the underground hits, Souldoubt and Number 3 On The Phone with Slanguage: hip-hop's take on free jazz. Daddy Kev has crafted a fifty-minute soundscape using minor-keyed pianos, brushed drums, stand-up bass, and jazz guitars over methodically programmed beats and the virtuoso turntable manipulation of D-Styles. AWOL One's lyrics are genius in their simplicity, yet hide double meanings and depth, and his voice remains one of the most recognizable in the business. Movements interweave without constraint, tracks start, stop, then start again, and the line between full vocal track, instrumental, and interlude is blurred beyond recognition.

Tracklist 01. Ear Drums For Beer Runs At AA 02. Start Your Road Trip Now 03. My Father Is Time, My Mother Is Nature 04. Six Black Roses Are Sent To Your House 05. Audio Bibles Are Written On Stone Tablet Tables 06. Finger Paint With Bloodlike War Paint 07. That One Song You Play When You're Faded 08. Mechanical Angel In Purgatory 09. Reflections For Scratching Your Face Off 10. Grey Skys In Pscho-Delic RGB 11. Idiot Savant Autistic Delivery 12. Bootleg Monster Movies 13. Montgomery Burns' Quest For Power 14. Bladder Sweat A.K.A. Colon Soup Rockin' The Mic 15. My Favorite Weapon Selection 16. High School Love Story Drop Out Song 17. Psychos Vs. Suckers Are The Branch Davidians 18. Buyin' Friends On Ebay 19. Slowly Means God Is My Witness 20. A Trainwreck In The Netherworlds 21. The Rules Of The Week 22. Turn Your Lights Off Conspiracy

Release Details Release Date: 03/18/2003   Running Time: 59:06   2XLP/Out Of Print CD/Out Of Print Territory: World

Reviews Summary

A massive leap forward for everyone involved. Release of the Month. 5/5 - Muzik / A welcome 180-degree psychedelic spin into classical, jazz, and opera - Exclaim! / The beat heads will go bonkers - Synthesis

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One of loosest hip-hop albums that I have ever heard and that is a good thing. Lots of space and a rather fun flow make this album a treat to experience. This album is a smorgasbord of sounds and words, all mixed up into a chaotic yet musical album. For about a third of the album, Daddy Kev plays live instruments while Awol One rambles on about things that I don't understand. The rest of the album is comprised of relatively more traditional song structures, featuring lots of upbeat melody samples, punchy drums, and end expertly performed turntable scratches courtesy of D-Styles. Tying it all together is the infectiously simple and melodic vocal delivery of Awol One. Even though the guy tends to write cryptic lyrics dealing with ambiguous subjects such as cutting off one's own tongue, he's managed to amass a pretty decent following, probably due to his unique and accessible rapping voice. Even though there are points on Slanguage where the music gets pretty weird, it remains digestible due to Awol. This is a cool album - I recommend it. - Maui Time Weekly