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Former Anti-Pop Consortium member Beans has a lot to live up to in his first solo album Tomorrow Right Now. The Consortium were one of Warp Records' most ambitious experiments to date, taking on hip-hop proper and trying to turn it into something else. The group had a lot of success, even supporting Radiohead on tour. Beans' album continues in the vein that the group left off in, which means plenty of hyper-intelligent rhymes and genre-busting production. Where this approach works it works really well. Opening track "Roar" is particularly strong, sustained by a one-note electro riff, as is "Phreek The Beat" w
Former Anti-Pop Consortium member Beans has a lot to live up to in his first solo album Tomorrow Right Now. The Consortium were one of Warp Records' most ambitious experiments to date, taking on hip-hop proper and trying to turn it into something else. The group had a lot of success, even supporting Radiohead on tour. Beans' album continues in the vein that the group left off in, which means plenty of hyper-intelligent rhymes and genre-busting production. Where this approach works it works really well. Opening track "Roar" is particularly strong, sustained by a one-note electro riff, as is "Phreek The Beat" with Beans' robotic vocals over steel drums. While his rhymes are strong throughout rest of the album, some tracks have a tendency to try the patience, "Sickle Cell Hysteria" in particular, which seems to be designed solely to irritate people. All in all this is an interesting breakaway from the self styled "Baldie Bean", but like Anti-Pop Consortium itself, this may be a little too deliberately difficult for most. --Chris Blenkarn
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Manufacturer: Warp
Release date: 10 March 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0801061010324 UPC: 801061010324
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