Love & Hate (Bonus Tracks) (Explicit Version) (2003)

Product Summary Label: Hiero Imperium/rumm UPC: 00766927649226 Release Date: 3/22/2005 Buy.com Sku: 60601212 Item#: MT9ND4 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Love And Hate Theme ~ AceyAlone 2. Junkman ~ AceyAlone 3. Let Me Hear Sumn - (featuring Casual/Big Arch) ~ AceyAlone 4. Lost Your Mind ~ AceyAlone 5. In Stereo ~ AceyAlone 6. Takeoff ~ AceyAlone 7. Love And Hate ~ AceyAlone 8. Saga Continues, The - (featuring Abstract Rude) ~ AceyAlone 9. Moonlight Skies - (featuring Goapele) ~ AceyAlone 10. Ace Cowboy - (featuring The Soul Of John Black) ~ AceyAlone 11. So Much Pain - (featuring Riddlore/Self Jupiter) ~ AceyAlone 12. Find Out - (featuring Riddlore) ~ AceyAlone 13. City Of Shit - (featuring El-P) ~ AceyAlone 14. Lights Out - (featuring Sayyid/Priest) ~ AceyAlone 15. Ms. Amerikkka - (bonus track) ~ AceyAlone   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Aceyalone, Priest, Big Arch, Riddlore, Self Jupiter, Sayyid, Casual, Abstract Rude, The Soul Of John Black, El-P (rap vocals); Goapele (vocals); C Teez (bass); DJ Cip One, DJ Dark Toof, J-Rocc (turntables). Producers include: DJ Drez, PMG, RJD2, Fat Jack, Riddlore. Audio Mixer: Nasa . As more and more great rappers find the underground is the perfect place to camp -- for the respect and freedom, if not the royalties and pay-offs -- records like Aceyalone's Love & Hate will, fortunately, become a more common occurrence. Released on Project Blowed, an open-mic night that gradually morphed into a winning record label, the album is a simple, straight-ahead match of excellent MC with great producers. Four of the best tracks come from PMD, front-loaded and featuring big-pimpin' beats and a clutch of cutting, digital effects. Def Jux's RJD2 contributes fractured, glittering productions to "Lost Your Mind" and "Takeoff," and the same label's El-P drops by to produce and drop rhymes over the dense, apocalyptic "City of Shit." Aceyalone also rises to the challenge on another high-profile underground soundclash, "Lights Out" featuring Antipop Consortium, picking up and casting off a dozen vocal pseudonyms in a single verse. His rhymes are among the best of his career, and he covers a lot of ground over 15 cuts; nearly every time he makes a record, he makes it clear that rap music has so much possibility that's never dreamed of by most on a major label. Whether he's trading licks with Oakland hero Casual on a hard-hitting jam ("Let Me Hear Sumn"), or talking directly to the listener, recounting a depressing, mood-of-the-country conversation during an airline flight ("Ms. Amerikka"), he makes it clear that, when it comes to the West Coast ten years on from the G-funk era, Aceyalone means much more than Snoop Dogg. ~ John Bush Musical Guests El-P Casual Goapele Abstract Rude The Soul Of John Black Big Arch Riddlore Self Jupiter Priest Sayyid   Compilation Appearances Defenders Of The Underworld Reanimation Secondary Protocol Temporary Whatever Extra Credit 2 Cater To The Dj Vol 2 Haiku D E'tat 10th Year Anniversary Dvd/cd (w/ Bonus DVD) Calicomm 2004 Tour (w/ Bonus DVD) Shifting Gears (Explicit Version) 2k6 Tracks 2k7:tracks Infamy(Explicit Version) Batterie Jazzmatazz Back To The Future Mix Tap(Explicit Version) Deep Water Slang V2.0 Decon Presents Fresh Rhymes And Video 1969 Radio Do Canibal(Explicit Version)   Technical Info Release Date : 06/03/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 276492 Label : Red Urban Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00766927649226   Professional Reviews Vibe (08/03, p.154) - 3.5 discs out of 5 - "...[Aceyalone has] a child's sense of wonder and a poet's love of language....Acey's rhymes are consistently top-notch..."