A spotty but good journey into abstract hip-hop
Adam Naworal | Florida USA | 11/02/1999
(4 out of 5 stars)
"this double-disc shows just how odd hip-hop can get. possessed of few vocal tracks, the songs on this album are at once dub, hip-hop, and techno. disc one rnages from Bill Laswell and DXT's illbience to EYE's offbeat collage. disc two goes from the turntable mastery of Disk to more by Laswell, Buckethead, and Praxis. if you like hip hop, but mainstream leaves you empty, check out VALIS II. if you find it, VALIS I is also worth it."
POST RAP NEO-BOP
M. Jungmann | New Haven | 03/01/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"An interesting and eclectic collection of top quality music, none of the selections was a "dog", I am noticing a trend of returning back to be-bop formats with the added twist of electronics and heavy sampling (YES!). Very clean quality engineering too; the numbers featured represent a very broad palette as well so you cannot get bored."