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Genre:
Rap
Release Date: 09/23/2003
While autumn may be the most wonderful time of the year for hunters,
Babu's ongoing
Duck Season series makes it excellent as well for beat-digging fans. This second volume balances quite a few
Babu-produced breaks for friends and fam (
Talib Kweli,
Phil da Agony,
Defari, and his
Dilated Peoples bandmates) with up-to-the-minute shots from the hottest producers in street-level
rap (
Madlib,
DJ Premier,
Evidence). The mix gets harder and darker during the first half, reaching a horrorcore peak with an '80s-B-movie production by
Alchemist on
1st Infantry's
"Serious (The New Message)." From there,
Babu pulls back with some soul sauce courtesy of some prime West Coast talent: a remixed
DP joint (
"Behold My Life"),
Planet Asia's
"Right or Wrong," and a soundclash with
Stones Throw affiliates
Medaphoar,
Oh No, and
Wildchild on
"Time to Rep." Near the end,
Babu has some fun scratching on tracks from two classic artists:
Gang Starr (
"Deadly Habitz") and
KRS-One (
"Underground").
~John Bush, All Music Guide
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