Haiku d'Etat - Coup de Theatre
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Artist: Haiku d'EtatEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Music Label: Decon Inc
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Mike, Aaron & Eddie
- Kats
- Triumvirate
- Stoic Response
- All Good Things
- Dogs
- Poetry Takeover
- Transitions & Eras f/ Busdriver
- Coup De Theatre
- Top Qualified f/ Blackalicious, Lyrics Born & Lateef
- Built To Last
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Free Music Review: Whoa! The triumvirate injects what Hiphop needs
Hit: 5 Stars
Three legendary west coast MC's(Aceyalone, Mikah 9, Abstract Rude) team back up and drop the second album under the name Haiku D'Etat(which means 'poetry overthrow'). Precisely what this album does. I got this cd in a package with the re-release of the debut album as well as an instrumentals of this one. I've only listened to "Coup De Theatre" twice through(and I got about 17 more times before I take it out of the stereo) but Damn, this album is very good.
This cd also comes with a bonus DVD which has concert highlights, a couple music videos, footage of them singing a couple of these songs out on the streets, and them just hanging out talking to people and smoking. I really think it's sad that the latter was the first thing we see. I would expect three intelligent, grown-up men to have quit that years ago. So maybe I shouldn't regard them as role models, I will just listen to their music for what it's worth. Anyway's, they drop the album which will probably get unnoticed and underappreciated, but it's fantastic though! I listened to the first album once through already, and honestly "Coup De Theatre" sounds better, and the debut album is highly revered!
There is not one throwaway song on this album, unless you count the intro. At times the line is blurred between poetry and rapping, but they do their best to keep coming at you with different things and always keep it insightful and rich in vocabulary. The first song and the single "Mike, Aaron, and Eddie" starts out with an annoying hook, but by the end of the three verses(especially Ab Rude's) it becomes a stellar track, one of the best actually. "Katz" and "Dogs" aren't quite as memorable as the rest of the songs, but they are both intriguing as they weave cliches of the two animals in their respective songs. Both those two have a different feel so it doesn't feel like they're spending too much time on the cat and dog subjects. "Transitions and Eras" has more singing and an even more mellow vibe, and an essential change of pace. "Top Qualified" is a big, rowdy, upbeat change of pace and it features the Quannam MC's with Chief Xcel producing. This song is where my two favorite West Coast MC's(Acey and Gift of Gab) unite and everyone just rips it in their own special way. A very good song! "All Good Things" is a very very good, mellow love(lost) track. The title track plays like three different scenes to a theater performance, and it's very different and undoubtedly done remarkably. "Built 2 Last" will have you singing along with the chorus(with excellent verses too), and is supposedly the last song except...they come in with a bonus song that is very jazzy and they perform different haikus(written in 5-7-5, three lines that don't rhyme). No one song is dispensible on this whole cd! I think the best song is #8, "Poetry Takeover," which has a haunting, symphonic beat and focused verses with an effective, memorable hook.
Like I said, all of the songs are praiseworthy, which I don't think can be said of the debut album. This album has mostly live, jazzy beats which are very nice, but maybe not as outstanding as the first album. The trio seem more focused here, to my delight. On their first album, it was more like three exceptional MC's doing their own thing within songs, whereas on "Coup De Theatre," they are more cohesive and each verse builds upon the last. And they don't even swear in this album except once I think, talk about focused! Aceyalone may be my favorite for his lyricism, but I'm starting to appreciate Mikah 9 more and more. Mikah is nicknamed 'the jazz' because the singing he does is vital, and melodic, and he has so much flavor when he rhymes(he rarely ever sounds the same verse to verse)! "Coup De Theatre" is a wonderful album that is not bogged down by trendy conventions and has long-lasting artistic merit. Don't be suprised if this album is atop my list at the end of the year for best albums of 2004. What are you waiting for? These guys deserve better, so get your asses out there and search and search until you find this, then buy it without hesitation!
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