Tragic Epilogue (CD)
Anti-Pop Consortium
Amoeba Review
James Elliott 05/13/2010
Anti-pop Consortium was the freshest thing to come out of underground hip-hop in the late 1990s. Staunchly non-mainstream, the group’s three New York MCs – Beans, M Sayyid and High Priest – each boast extremely unique styles. Their elevated wordplay simply circles around most other rappers as they spin truly dense webs of allusion, poetry and insight. Tragic Epilogue, Anti-pop’s debut full-length, is an impeccable classic of underground hip-hop. Tracks range from the tight hard-edged “9.99” to the spaced out cosmic pulse of “Your World is Flat.” Producer Earl Blaize matches the weird flows of the MCs with truly original beats, exposing the group’s long list of influences from Sun Ra to Prince. A stunning merger of art-damaged thinking and classic hip-hop, Tragic Epilogue is essential.
Track Listing
Disc 1 Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Laundry
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 04:13 |
2.
Nude Paper
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 03:15 |
3.
Your World Is Flat
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 03:09 |
4.
Psa 2
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 00:51 |
5.
9.99
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 02:29 |
6.
Rinseflow
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 03:29 |
7.
Here They Come Now
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 00:55 |
8.
Moon Zero X-M
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 01:02 |
9.
Lift
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 02:23 |
10.
Eyewall
|
Anti-Pop Consortium , Electro Foetus | 04:56 |
11.
Sllab
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 04:20 |
12.
Monster Sex
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 00:06 |
13.
Smores
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 03:09 |
14.
Driving in Circles
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 03:28 |
15.
3 Digit Wiz
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 04:15 |
16.
Antontonebarr Ne-0
|
Anti-Pop Consortium | 00:46 |
17.
Heatrays
|
Anti-Pop Consortium , Aceyalone | 05:29 |
18.
Disorientation
|
Anti-Pop Consortium , Apani B. Fly | 03:45 |
19.
What Am I?
|
Anti-Pop Consortium , Pharoahe Monch , L.I.F.E. | 03:11 |