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With the Benzino-tarnished hip-hop landscape taking a critical beat-down in early 2003, K-Os's debut, Exit, offers a smattering of hip-hope. With a vocal drone resembling Q-Tip or Magoo and a Lauryn Hill like penchant for crooning and rapping fiery anti-Babylon rhymes over acoustic guitars ("Follow Me" and "Heaven Only Knows"), this is as non-traditional sounding as a contemporary rap long-player gets. The genre bending begins with the pop ballad "Call Me" and forges ahead with dubby roots reggae ("Superstar, Pt. 1") and catchy Brit-pop tunes ("Superstar, Pt. 2"). Hip-hop purists
With the Benzino-tarnished hip-hop landscape taking a critical beat-down in early 2003, K-Os's debut, Exit, offers a smattering of hip-hope. With a vocal drone resembling Q-Tip or Magoo and a Lauryn Hill like penchant for crooning and rapping fiery anti-Babylon rhymes over acoustic guitars ("Follow Me" and "Heaven Only Knows"), this is as non-traditional sounding as a contemporary rap long-player gets. The genre bending begins with the pop ballad "Call Me" and forges ahead with dubby roots reggae ("Superstar, Pt. 1") and catchy Brit-pop tunes ("Superstar, Pt. 2"). Hip-hop purists might find self-produced tracks like "The Anthem," "Freeze" (which utilises an old Slick Rick drum pattern) and "Fantastique" slightly underproduced or unpolished. However, one gets the sense that the beats were intended to take a backseat to K-Os's provocative anti-bling-bling protest rhymes. This one's for hip-hop fans who like their lyrics left-of-centre. --Dalton Higgins
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Manufacturer: Virgin
Release date: 16 June 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0724358167429 UPC: 724358167429
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