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shape of broad minds 'craft of the lost art' shape of broad minds
craft of the lost art
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A different kind of hip-hop.

For someone who resents being boxed in with Madlib, Doom and Dilla, Jneiro Jarel has an uncannily similar approach. Spacey productions, more monikers than you can shake a phonebook at and a rap technique at best described as unorthodox underpin this Houston (now living in Philly) hip-hopper’s work. But where most of the above work in tightly-defined loops, Jarel’s latest album is looser and more improvisational. Consequently it’s overlong, although the hallucinatory, whirlpool-like sound is extremely effective in creating its own private world.


Steve Yates 30 August 07 rating of 3 and 1/2
Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art, released 03 September 07 on Lex.
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