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| | Sabotage Gigante | | | Music Artist : | | Rob Sonic | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Definitive Jux | | Release Date : | | 2007-09-25 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Teeth Eat Her
2. Brand New Vandals
3. Over Under
4. Mother of All Bombs
5. Ready Aim Shoot
6. Rock the Convoy
7. Smoke If You Got'um - Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic
8. Dead as Disco
9. Fat Man and Little Boy
10. Spy Hunter - Busdriver, Rob Sonic
11. Cold Cold War
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 3-1/2 stars -- Sonic has it; others don't....wait; wrong Sonic
Submitted on: 2008-06-27 |
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For those that never heard of Rob Sonic, let me start out by saying that he's a rapper on Definitive Jux. That means you won't find any songs about ice or clubs on this album, but it also means that some reviewers will award his album five (or at least four) stars for that reason alone. While I can't do the same, I CAN say that Sabotage Gigante is a pretty solid album.
Actually, I WAS going to give this album four stars, but I knocked it down to three-and-a-half because of the production. It's not bad; it just has an acquired taste (there's really no way to understand what I mean until you listen to it). But the fortunate thing is that Rob himself never runs out of dope things to say, as evidenced by "Teeth Eat Her" and "Ready Aim Shoot". It's too bad I can't say the same about guest emcee Busdriver (seriously, who came up with that name?), who has the strangest delivery I ever heard (see "Spy Hunter"). But Aesop Rock shines as usual on "Smoke If You Got'um".
If there's any song I can do without, it would have to be "Fat Man and Little Boy" because it just drags on. This album also isn't as political as critics said, but that's okay. Because of the production, I don't know if you could necessarily bump Sabotage Gigante in your ride, but it's still a solid example of conscious hip-hop.
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 Great lyrics, unoriginal/recycled beats
Submitted on: 2008-01-26 |
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| (k--ks--k----s----) That is the kick-snare pattern used repeatedly throughout this album (or some variation thereof). I'm a big fan of the lyrical style, the stream of conciousness styling utilized by Rob Sonic (and other Definitive Jux labelmate Aesop Rock), but repeated listenings to the album grow weary once you start realizing that pattern is rehashed and recycled for 9 of the 11 songs on the album. |
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 eight out of ten, actually
Submitted on: 2007-10-25 |
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| Possibly the most underrated talent from Definitive Jux records; Rob Sonic explores his own very specific style. Calling him "battle rap" is selling him way short. His rapid witty wordplay paints a tangled portrait of modern society w/ shrapnel-like riddles propelled by very distinct robotic production, seemingly indicative of some mysterious new electronica or IDM sub-genre, rather than merely recycling hip-hop's golden age. Thank goodness though, because underground hip-hop IS dead if it can't move forward. While neither his cadence nor his beat style mirror Beans from Antipop Consortium or Busdriver (who appears), he somehow still seems woven in the same progressive cloth, and competitive as such. Rob's last album was a lot like this, except this one seems more palatable, plus it has some distorted vocal effects, a dash of piano & turntable, and one beat that is almost like UK Grime. Give him a try. |
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Its better than half the stuff out there
Submitted on: 2007-10-15 |
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| Though this is a particularly strong release for any random rap album, with the beats being inventive and very unique and the lyrics being original, as a Def Jux Release it is cited as average. Personally, I like every song on here, I find them very different from one another but what I find myself wondering about is the replay value. I own Aesop Rock's "Labor Days" and El-P's "Fantastic Damage" and though they have both been out for quite some time, I still find them both quite enjoyable and listen to them on a daily basis. I find this Rob Sonic release to be sort of like Aesop Rock's "Bazooka Tooth"- very original and inventive, but over time it fails to hold your interest. Also like Aesop Rock, I feel like Rob Sonic is a progressive artist and though he has been making music for, I believe, over 10 years, his style and beats are progressively getting better. I look forward to more of his music in the future. This is a definate buy if you listen to Def Jux, something to hold you over till Hanger 18 and Junk Science come out October 23rd. |
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 Amazingly ILL (the first dude has no idea what he is talking about)
Submitted on: 2007-10-03 |
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I don't know how you can, on one hand say: "the record is better than the first one Rob Sonic made" and also say "it's mediocre" at the same time... that means Telicatessen was just down right Horrible then yeah right?! HA HA.. That's just straight up dry hating.
Attention: This record isn't an Aesop or an el-p record. Uhh yeah we know that there guy...
The song structure and variations in delivery from the slow burning Fat Man and Little Boy to the extremely fast Ready Aim Shoot are amazing the beats bang no matter how you slice it. I guess the only draw back on this album is maybe that its a little short at only 11 songs.
I also wasn't feeling the Track with Busdriver that much.
But straight up this record is leaps and bounds better than 90% of all hip hop records released this year. Save For his aforementioned label mates and the Talib record this is right up there.
Don't be a fool, you need this record in you life.
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