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Jul 14, 2009

Album Review: Abstract Rude-Rejuvenation (2009)




Abstract Rude is a legendary emcee from the west coast. He is a member of the group Haiku D'Etat alongside founding Freestyle Fellowship members Aceyalone & Myka 9. Abstract Rude spent time touring with Atmosphere last year in preparation of his solo release under the Rhymesayers imprint. Rhymesayers own Vitamin D handled all of the production on this album and dropped some absolute bangers.

Prior to listening to Abstract Rude I was never impressed with what I had heard. For instance, he has a feature on Sleep's "Christopher" album and his verse just sounded terribly off-beat. I was very hesitant to listen to this, however I was getting ready for a long trip and I decided to skim through the album to find the good songs to ride to. I ended up sitting and listening to the whole album and found myself enjoying almost every song.

One song in particular called "TV Show" is an extremely creative song. He wrote the entire song using the names of television shows with almost each and every word he says. This is definitely one of the most creative songs I've heard in awhile. As if it wasn't already hard enough writing the song with TV show names rhyming and all over the lyrics, he also maintains the concept he's trying to get across to the listener. The only criticism is that the energy has a tendency to die off on certain songs and I had trouble picking the energy back up at times.

However, overall this is a very well-crafted album and I was very happy I got it. I encourage you to take the time to give it a listen as well.

Best Song: Diggin' It
Best Line: "Supposed to be Happy Days but we're in the Land of the Lost/ and with Charles In Charge n***a tell me "Who's The Boss?/" - Abstract Rude TV Show
Rating: 7.6/10

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