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Hip-hop that’ll get fans of every stripe into the van.
Jake One - White Van MusicAlternative Press - Steven Robertshaw on 3/16/09 @ 5:13 PM - altpress.com
Raving about an album's coherence might be damning with faint praise. But when the disc is the debut of Seattle producer Jake One-best known for working with mainstream antihero 50 Cent, and now recording for indie stalwart Rhymesayers-then the hyperbole makes sense. Yet it's the way Jake bridges the hip-hop divide that's impressive: Instead of tailoring tracks to his diverse guests (everyone from Young Buck to Little Brother), he finds them strong material that also suits his early-'90s aesthetic. The distance between M.O.P.'s typically raucous "Gangsta Boy" and MF Doom's foreboding "Trap Door," for example, is surprisingly slight: Both songs (and most others here) utilize the same slinky, sample-rich sound. And even at his most commercial (the propulsive "Glow"), Jake stays true to his groove. (RHYMESAYERS) Dan LeRoy
Official Website: http://www.rhymesayers.com
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