Absolute Value

Akrobatik - Absolute Value

Absolute Value
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Artist: Akrobatik
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2008-02-19
Music Label: Fatbeats
Soundtracks:
  1. A To the K
  2. Soul Glo
  3. Put Ya Stamp On It
  4. Step It Up
  5. Rain
  6. Be Prepared
  7. Absolute Value
  8. Black Hell Breaks Loose
  9. Kindred
  10. Front Steps Pt. Ii (Tough Love)
  11. Beast Mode
  12. If We Can't Build
  13. Ak B. Nimble
  14. Back Home To You

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Free Music Review: "I don't drive/But always hear, 'Ak, you're a legend' [Acura Legend]"
Hit: 4 Stars

Akrobatik - Absolute Value (Fat Beats, 2008)

It makes me mad every time someone says that hip-hop ain't what it used to be and that it's too wack now. What, there weren't any wack rappers back in 1988 or 1994? Anyway, you just have to know where to look and similar to the good ol' days when good rappers were on indie labels like Sleeping Bag and Nervous, look to indie labels of today for that real stuff. Fat Beats is one of them and it's where Boston rapper Akrobatik releases his second album (first for them), Absolute Value.

If you checked out his past work by himself or with his Perceptionists crew, you know that he is pretty gifted on the mic. And if that weren't enough, the list of producers on this album is like a backpacker's wet dream (J-Zone, J Dilla, Da Beatminerz, Illmind, 9th Wonder and of course, Fakts One of the Perceptionists). Song after song, Ak brings the pain, so much that he outshines most of the guest stars (well, it is his album, after all). On "Be Prepared", for example, it's hard to tell if Ak or Little Brother's Phonte has the best verse. Other songs that should gain acclaim are "Front Steps Pt. II", "Put Ya Stamp On It" with Talib Kweli and the Perceptionists reunion, "Beast Mode".

Even though "If We Can't Build" with Bumpy Knuckles sounds like a last-minute track, you can't front on Akrobatik. He'll always give you dope rhymes and you should appreciate the absolute value of them. -EJR

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