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Experimental Hiphop dope

Elegance | France | 06/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album should have 4stars, but I give it 5 stars because god fortune is really underrated...

These 2 guys are still very good without Beans, their flows are catchy. The Beat? Very experimental, but not overly cerebral. Don't take care about the bad reviews, if you don't like experimental sound, please, don't write a review with only 1 star...it's just a question of taste. If you like new hip-hop with strange sounds , catchy flows, intelligent lyrics, and the antipop consortium univers, buy it. If you like 50cent and gangsta...I think you will hate this Album.



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The Best S*** In the World

Michael H | Washington, DC | 02/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"M. Sayyid has come a long, long way. I liked his rapping in Anti-Pop, but I always thought he was more . . . conventional that Beans or High Priest; here, on this record, Sayyid is on fire. There is more brilliant wordplay here in one verse of his than on many other rappers' entire outputs! But High Priest is my favorite rapper going. In terms of pure impact, I'd put him up there with Gil Scott-Heron and Linton Kwesi Johnson and Prince Far I and Chuck D and Yusef Komunyakaa. Beyond the conventions. Someone else wrote (I'm paraphrasing here) that the beats are too ordinary. Yeah, I'd like to see where they go with all this, and press that beats beyond the limits on the next release. But if you like "Good Fortune" you should also chase down their two "mixtape" CDs ("Coming Soon: A Prelude to 'Good Fortune'" and "Close Encounters") which are NOT excerpts from this CD, rather they are different, intriguing, highly experimental songs in fragmentary form. Some incredible beats and words. I think those mixtape CDs, along with "Good Fortune," give the most accurate picture of where this band is and where they're heading. Up!"

Crippled on beats?

Anthony A. Cuny | Sacramento, CA | 02/24/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"With a mixture of incredible production and mindbending wordplay Anti-Pop Consortium has been one of my favorite hip-hop groups for years. While the deft lyricism makes the transition to Airborn Audio it sounds like the duo from Anti-Pop have taken two steps back with regard to beats. Plodding drum sequences and repetitive choppped-up syths limit this album from being noteworthy."