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Title: Defying what he does best
Review: 2 1/2This album caused a collective "What the ??" upon release, but in retrospect seemed an obvious step from an already semi-turgid PP. It wasn't so much Shadow's insistence on attempting to emulate booty beats and other undercooked genre attempts then an insistence and seemingly almost bitter refusal to further progress familiar elements and energize this limp dish, instead proving severely his limitations under this superficial guise of artistic change, if slipping out a few genuinely elevated hip-hoppers and partially outstretched instrumentals.
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