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Apollo Brown-Thirty Eight

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artist ... : Apollo Brown
title .... : Thirty Eight
genre .... : Hip-Hop
source ... : CDDA
type ..... : Album
rls date . : 02-07-2014
st date .. : 00-00-0000
size ..... : 101,5 MB
website .. : n/a
label .... : Mello Music Group

TRACKLiST

01 Thirty Eight                                 01:08
02 Cellophane                                   02:49
03 Learn the Meaning                            03:12
04 Shotguns in Hell                             02:53
05 Dirt on the Ground                           03:01
06 The Warning                                  03:08
07 Cleos Apartment                              03:25
08 Sweet Revival                                03:08
09 Life is A Wheel                              03:13
10 Black Suits                                  02:56
11 Never Disappear                              02:46
12 The Laughter Faded                           02:49
13 All You Know                                 02:57
14 Strange Things                               03:21
15 Heaven at Last                               03:11
16 Lonely & Cold                                03:02
17 A Wise Mans Woman                            03:05
18 Felonious                                    03:00
19 Wieght in Gold                               03:00
20 The Answer                                   03:27
21 Untitled (Runout Groove)                     00:06
22 Untitled (Runout Groove)                     00:06
23 Untitled (Runout Groove)                     00:06
24 Untitled (Runout Groove)                     00:06
25 Shotguns in Hell                             02:53
26 Lonely & Cold                                03:08

>>  65:56 min

NOTES

Apollo Brown's Thirty Eight is a contemporary
throwback, inhabiting the realm of reverent
reinvention and innovation. It deftly bridges the
gap between '70s Blaxploitation soundtracks (e.g.
Curtis Mayfield's Superfly or Marvin Gaye's
Trouble Man) and the hip-hop records that sampled
from them.

The tracks on Thirty Eight are presented in
gritty, heavily saturated Technicolor, the
scratches and cigarette burns as purposeful as
they are happily accidental. These are suites
sounding from long barrels held by lone men
lurking in grimy project hallways. Tinged with
revenge and regret, shrouded in thick tendrils of
hollow-point smoke, the songs have all the
makings of an epic gangster tragedy. They're also
great when paired with anything Raymond Chandler.

Crackle and sample hiss run like electric current
throughout, charging the record with a retro feel
and resonant warmth. Yet these qualities are only
secondary to Brown's impeccable ear for
instrumentation. Thirty Eight is full of funk,
soul, jazz, blues, hip-hop, and everything in
between. The bluesy guitar twang of slow-burner
''Black Suits'' and the lush, orchestral strings
of ''The Warning'' are just two examples of the
depth and diversity Brown brings to the table.

All singing on the album comes in the form of
brief samples, some high-pitched and sped up,
others left untouched. Taken together, they
amount to glimpses of an emotionally affecting
narrative, enabling the listener to fill in the
plot and words between the booms and baps.

Brown enlists New York mercenary Roc Marciano for
the soundtrack's two features. With the sharpest
of eyes and the frostbitten wit of a Polo clad
hustler slanging in the dead of winter, Marciano
delivers his best verses in recent memory, his
vivid narratives perfectly suited for Brown's
soulful production.

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