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MH-221 Omid - Monolith  Omid raises the standard on producer-driven hip-hop albums with Monolith, a project that rests in concept between his Celestial Recordings smash Beneath The Surface and 2002's stellar Distant Drummer. Equally split between layered instrumental pieces and standout vocal tracks, Omid invites some of the world's most important emcees to rhyme over his beautifully crafted, Middle Eastern tinged productions. Buck 65, Busdriver, Abstract Rude, 2Mex, Spoon (of Iodine), Luckyiam.PSC, Slug, Aceyalone, and Murs all give noteworthy performances. Two standout tracks are turned in by Hymnal, whose world-weary tales of moral corruption bookend the album. In a time where some producers are content with just making beats, Omid's mature design speaks volumes with or without emcees. |
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| Beats that you'd kill for - Vice / Rife with both sick beats and rhymes of conviction - Synthesis / Modern, bold, and uplifting. - Harvard Independent / Los Angeles' best-kept secret - San Francisco Weekly / Sick, progressive hip-hop - XLR8R / Don't make the mistake of missing Monolith. - Hip-Hop DX |
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| Producer Omid Walizadeh's Monolith is among the most recent in a deluge of a type of album that has become pretty standard in indie hip-hop: the producer's compilation, which generally contains both instrumental numbers and tracks that feature flavor-of-the-month emcees with underground cred. Despite the presumable pitfalls, however, Omid has put together a pretty impressive record, more dynamic than the title suggests, and rife with both sick beats and rhymes of conviction. Standouts include the sinister and merciless "I'm Just a Bill" featuring Spoon (of Iodine), the whimsically dark and poetic "Double Header" featuring Buck 65, and the instrumental "Ripple Study," a laid back and absorbing blend of organic and electronic sounds. - Synthesis |
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