This is cheating ! How can the competition compete when one of the most versatile directors of his day and one of the most accomplished rappers in history come together to create an album?
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In addition, the pair recruited other notable artists such as Raekwon, Joey Bada$$, Michael Kiwanuka, A$AP Rocky, Run the Jewels and Conway the Machine to make Cheat Codes one of the best rap offerings released this year.
The union of Danger Mouse and Black Thought is a winner and their triumph can be heard on each of the 12 pieces. ” Wind in my face, hound at my heels / At the end, I’m winning this race, only then can I chill “, raps Black Thought, who does not seem ready to rest after more than three decades as main MC of The Roots.
We see it shine Tonight Show by Jimmy Fallon since 2014 and he demonstrated his ability to paint with words during freestyles breathtaking then with his trilogy Streams of Thoughtbut the talent of Black Thought has never been so magnified as on Cheat Codes. Even with sometimes distortion in the voice or a feeling of distance between him and the microphone, his words reach us, his stories touch us and his verve impresses us.
The production of Danger Mouse has a lot to do with it, he who had not produced a rap album since The Mouse and the Maskin 2005. In between, he composed the music for records by Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells, then collaborated with The Black Keys, Beck, Norah Jones, U2, Adele and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name a few. -the.
His return to the big beats was therefore eagerly awaited. And it did not disappoint! Its percussion hits as it should, but its layering of instruments, its rhythmic variations and its catchy melodies are more refined than average.
He even saved a verse from the late MF DOOM that he recorded when they formed DANGERDOOM together. He finally reveals it on the coin Belize. Chills !
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