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| Gilead7 - Death Penalty Shots (EP) |
| Release: | Death Penalty Shots (EP) |
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| Media: | [Digital Download] | | Released: | 2007 |
| Recordlabel: | ReServed Records |
| Info: | The EP is released on May 28th, 2007.
1. Intro
2. War of Images
3. A Song Called Hate
4. Save
5. Assassin
6. Death Penalty Shots
7. Scat Preaching (Outro) |
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| | Review: | It is interesting to note how rote Hip Hop music’s current
output has become. At one time, believe it or not, Hip Hop
artists dared to push sonic envelopes and introduce varying
levels of innovation. Now, at least in the mainstream, it
has rendered itself to a redundant mockery of what it once
was. With so many rap artists becoming more and more
prevalent than in any other time, how can those artists who
wish to step to the left of the current makeup of the genre
really impact the scene? With his 2nd release, Chicago’s
Gilead7 hopes to do just that with the LP Death Penalty
Shots. After a rambling intro speaking to his struggles in
music, things get going with “War of Images” featuring
Elevation. A haunting track from Switzerland’s Ruedi Snare
offers just enough space for Gilead7’s extremely wordy
cadence. At first listen it all appears to be battle rap
gibberish, but with patience the eventual jewels do appear.
The next track “A Song Called Hate” from producer Sean the
Pawn begins with a sparse guitar loop then becomes suddenly
chaotic once the scattering drums are added. However,
Gilead7’s metaphorically heavy rhyme style shines brightly
here. “Save”, a self produced track featuring Chaka, is a
welcome slowdown but Gilead7’s overly syllabic flow doesn’t
add anything to the song. The title track, again self
produced, is easily the LP’s best song overall. There exists
in this track an obvious spoken word influence coupled with
the loose styling often associated with freestyle rhyming.
Gilead7’s most impressive feat, however, is his collegiate
career – he intends to begin his PhD coursework in theology
this coming fall. That makes Gilead7’s stark and heavy
imagery compelling alone, but the style that he employs
repeatedly wears on the ears after a while. Perhaps if
Gilead7 took fewer risks lyrically, maybe the messages he
wishes to inject would actually have some manner of effect.
As it stands, this is a decent listen for what it is.
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY, ITUNES, MSN, AMAZON.COM, etc! | | source: Okayplayer, added: Nov 23, 2008 |  |
| Review: | -1' | | source: 1, added: Mar 09, 2015 | |
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