![]() Grounding this record in his own foundation rather than that of a character reaps plenty of appreciable rewards, however, most notably in the emotional core built into the record’s runtime and Soul’s accessible approach. The spirit of previous discs is retained in its subtly abstract, impenetrable aura that seems to surround Ab-Soul’s delivery and lyricism, and the fact that c’mon mate, we gotta trim this is still a slight complaint when scanning the duration and track list. What emerges is one of the emcee’s most lyrically and stylistically consistent LPs since the days of Control System-no doubt a consequence of the rapper’s multi-year hiatus between releasing records-and it features a much more focused direction. Ab-Soul is certainly no stranger to bleeding his heart onto tape alongside whatever perspectives clutter his noggin, but HERBERT feels distinct from his prior discog he meets the listener at an even level, supplying less of his esoteric metaphors in favor of undisguised phrases that highlight the man behind the –Soul. The ol’ self-titled effort: a declaration that a musician is dismissing their persona, allowing personal faults and triumphs to thrive under an accentuated scrutiny and removing any ambiguity of artistic intentions. If you think about it, it takes courage to put that on wax.Review Summary: Understanding Herbert Anthony Soul explains, quite frankly, that he sips lean “just to say ‘get off my dick’,” and that’s that. Skipping ahead a song or so, Ab-Soul lightens the mood temporarily with “Mixed Emotions,” maybe the only ‘party-influenced’ number on the project, with its daytime soap-opera sample and talk of pool parties. ![]() In other words, they can’t see the stars for the stars. On the record Ab-Soul explains that he can’t take other rappers seriously because they “failed at testing what’s inside of them”. After “Terrorist Threats” comes “Pineal Gland,” a piano-driven macabre number which reveals the other side of Ab-Soul’s consciousness, literally. Except Timothy didn’t have a stripped-down, bass-heavy beat backing him That makes a world of difference. Soul calls for all the gangs in the world to unify in order to take over the White House, much like Timothy Leary once called for space colonization. He also puts his ‘sinister literature’ on full display, comparing himself to a stoned Albert Einstein, before concluding, “I’m a diamond ring in the trash, no reason to brag, it’s sad.” Soul continues his underdog brap-brap on “Terrorist Threats,” a Danny Brown-assisted futuristic call to arms. He supports himself outside the systems of control (more on those later). On “Track Two,” a synth-laden banger, Soul does well to convince us of his outlaw status. That is the sign of a true maker.Īb-Soul-Terrorist_Threats-EM0512 Download: Ab-Soul – Terrorist Threats f. Which means, Soul can take a bevy of similar sounds, and shape them to communicate a wide range of ideas. Yet, all of the beats more or less fall under the same category They are sparse, space-age, atmospheric dirges (Kudos to Digi+Phonics for mastering their schtick). There is gangsta rap, conscious rap, stoner rap, trill rap, however you want to label them. For instance, there are many different kinds of rap on Control System. ![]() Ab-Soul is a dynamic artist, yet at the same time he has this peculiar gift for cohesiveness. He has a raspy, high-pitched, often-contemplative delivery, that can either excite a reaction, make the listener smile, or make them cry. Unlike other contemporary rappers, who often invite comparisons to earlier artists – Kendrick and ScHoolboy to early Eminem, ASVP Rocky to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – Ab-Soul is an artist unto himself. It also sets a precedent for future swag-era rap recordings They need to entertain, stimulate, push boundaries, and above all else, convince the audience that the maker is indeed trill: true and real. It proves that the self-proclaimed ‘deep thinker’ of TDE (which includes Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, and Soul) is a star on his own merit. ![]() Ab-Soul’s new full-length, independent album, Control System, accomplishes two things.
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