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| Gilead7 - The Darkroom : the abandonment of Christendom |
| Release: | The Darkroom : the abandonment of Christendom |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2005 [ Listen to HHH from this era on Spotify ] |
| Recordlabel: | ReServed Records |
| Info: | Production by Deftone (of ReServed Records), Maker of
Galapagos 4, 5th Element of Wu Tang, Dr Strangelove, Thaione
Davis (Hong Kong Recordings/Birthwrite Records), Gwilakuz,
Gilead7, Two 1, Ryan Officer and others.
1. Rules of Darkroom
2. Star - featuring Listener
3. Fly on the Wall
4. Lonely
5. Art Institute
6. Devastation Diary
7 El. Train
8. Evil Laughter
9. Festival of Sacrilege
10. A Break - guitar instrumental by Dan Garrick
11. The Message
12 Overtime - featuring Lord 360
13 Black Hole - featuring Malakh
14. Flower Child-Neo Hippie
15. The Devil Worshipper
16. Solinari - featuring Evan G |
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| | Review: | Although he’s often seen tearing up local open mics,
Chicago’s Gilead 7 is no mere battle MC. You can, however,
judge him by his looks. His skinny, bespectacled frame fully
betray the highly intelligent, well-read, and
quick-thinking/spitting personality that lies within. After
years of hand-to-hand self-made CD slanging, Gilead has
hooked up with Chicago indie Reserved and dropped a proper
album that will hopefully put the world up on what old boy’s
got. On “Fly on the Wall,” he opens with the line, “Do you
remember Organized Konfusion?” If you don’t, it’s okay
because Gilead will fill you in, traffics in the same sort
of lyrically hefty, street-level scientifics that Monche and
Prince Po did. His dense, complex rhymes are littered with
lofty references to ancient scrolls and biblical texts, but
he delivers them with enough confidence and swagger to
prevent his album from turning into an annoying,
overintellectual backpacker nerd-out. In fact, his
compositional scope is impressive. On “The Message” he
critiques religion, while he ruminates on a bad open mic
night on “Devestation Diary.” “Art Institute” is a
semiautobiographical cut full of lush art-related imagery,
“El Train” places his creative process in the context of the
titular mode of urban transportation. “Flower Child Neo
Hippie” is a hypnotic groove in 6/8, as is “Solinari”which
lumbers along until exploding into an atmospheric drum and
bass roll. The production is equally good on all fronts.
“Rules of Darkroom,” produced by Gwillikaz, stomps with huge
drums and a sick bagpipe loop. The especially wonderful “El
Train” is layered with soundtracky drama loops, and the
self-produced “Festival of Sacrilege” hits hard with
stuttery drums and a cut-up, medieval lute (?) sample. Those
are only a few of the highlights. Heavy and substantial
while staying clever and nimble, The Darkroom is a
satisfying hip-hop excursion that’s heavy on evocative
thought-fodder and light on irony and pretention.
- DJ Verb
| | source: groundliftmag.com by DJ Verb; 1/10/06, added: Feb 02, 2006 |  |
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