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Title: Great instrumental work in an album otherwise spoiled by Black Thought's aggressive tone of voice
Review: Don't get me wrong, I won't try to deny the quality of the jazzy artistry behind every track on "Things Fall Apart".What I don't think fits in with what people appreciate in A Tribe, Quasimoto, Pete Philly and Perquisite, Kero One and other rappers/rap acts who make use of jazz is Black Thought's aggressive tone of voice.IMO it spoils this record. I only enjoyed about 4 tracks in total, like "You Got Me", where Erykah Badu perhaps had the effect of making BT tone down his aggressive tone to a more listenable one.It's a pity (though I can understand him to be frustrated as someone who is conscious of past racism and the black cause) that he has this particularly annoying tone of voice, that whilst not as bad as Canibus', is still sufficiently misplaced that it spoils things for me.Anyway that's why I give it 2.5/5.
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