I think this is my new “Madvillain”. You can listen to it front to back and hit replay, still amazing.
It’s so good and dark, definitely his best work with APOS.
Well hello everyone, this is my first post on the QN5 forums, although I have read most of what was said in this thread as well as the Oneirology and APOS threads haha. I’ll admit, I’ve known about Cunninlynguists for quite a while (Since 09 maybe?) but for some reason I still don’t understand I never gave you all the time to thoroughly listen to your music the way it deserves. I even bought Oneirology the week it was released based mostly off of what I’d heard of WRFF and SUG, but never really got that into it. Something about the tone of the album, being so different from the earlier material put me off at first I think.
Anyways, recently after listening to Cunninlynguists and this album more or less constantly for the past couple weeks, I’ve finally come to appreciate the subtleties of the music so much so that I can’t even comprehend how much I’ve been missing out on. This is the hip-hop that I have been searching for for ever so long! haaha. Fucking amazing beats sampling all sorts of genre’s blended into some brilliant psychedelic hip-hop with incredible rhymes all in the form of a concept… AHhhhhhhh its amazing. Thank you Kno, I am a complete sucker for concept albums and I honestly consider DIS, APOS and Oneirology to be among my favourite albums of all time, among the likes of Dark Side of the Moon, AEnima, The 13th Step, Mezzanine, and speaking of albums that are “technically perfect” Lateralus.
As for Death Is Silent, I still can’t get over how incredible this album is. Sonically I think it is among your best work, but as each release seems to be getting better and better with time hopefully it doesn’t remain so From what I can tell after hearing La Petit Mort and finding that CATM teaser that I’m going to have to being doing a lot of reading up on my Greek mythology to keep understand what you’re talking about haha. Every time I listen to this album I feel like I gain something more from it and although I think I follow the concept of the album most of the way through, I can tell that I still have so much to gain from listening, keeping it even more intriguing. At this time I think I indentify with Loneliness and and Spread Your Wings the most so I may have to chose those as my favourites for now, but I still love nearly ever other track and can see how others may have other favourites. Anyways, thanks once again for creating such wonderful music, and I’ll be around here supporting QN5 more in the future.
They Told Me is by far imo the best song on the cd…Its funny how every1 always is lookn for that verse/line for a tattoo….. but for me it sux cuz I found it ..but its knos whole first verse ...pretty much nails it on the head how I feel.
thugged0utcubscout said:They Told Me is by far imo the best song on the cd…Its funny how every1 always is lookn for that verse/line for a tattoo….. but for me it sux cuz I found it ..but its knos whole first verse ...pretty much nails it on the head how I feel.
thugged0utcubscout said:They Told Me is by far imo the best song on the cd…Its funny how every1 always is lookn for that verse/line for a tattoo….. but for me it sux cuz I found it ..but its knos whole first verse ...pretty much nails it on the head how I feel.
Same except I click more with deac on that track. “Lost in the confusion of seven billion strangers, scared to hope heaven won’t have a touch of the same.” that’s some mind blowing ish right der
This has quickly worked its way into my all time favorite records list, not even just hip hop either. The whole Vibe is probably the most cohesive “Dark” hip hop record I’ve ever heard, the Production alone is probably only rivaled by Cypriss Hill’s “Temple Of Boom” when it comes to creating a dark hypnotizing atmosphere, and I’d go so far as to rank this above it
Lyrically I dont feel the album gets the credit it deserves tho, everybody who listens already knows they cant deny the production, but I’ve heard a few complaints about Kno’s Voice/Flow, which I dont Understand. I grew up in the mid 90’s so I come from a time when guys like Scarface & Prodigy would get props for just being direct and getting their point across, these days it seems like alot of underground heads arent impressed unless you do that whole “Dippity diggity zippitty flippity rippity ripittty slappitti Rappity”, rhyming 20 times in a 4 bar measure and saying nothing bullshit, but I would much rather hear a verse like Kno’s on “Rhythm of the Rain”, with clever metaphors then hear somebody get there lyrical roadrunner on and say a whole bunch of nothing in the process
Between this album, “Oneirology” and “Machete Vision” I think Kno was really flexin with the beats tho, 3 whole albums, 3 completely diffrent styles, all pulled off effortlessly and nearly perfect (might have been a beat or 2 on MV I coulda lived without out), so I’m really excited to see where he takes it to next
Drucifer said:This has quickly worked its way into my all time favorite records list, not even just hip hop either. The whole Vibe is probably the most cohesive “Dark” hip hop record I’ve ever heard, the Production alone is probably only rivaled by Cypriss Hill’s “Temple Of Boom” when it comes to creating a dark hypnotizing atmosphere, and I’d go so far as to rank this above it
Lyrically I dont feel the album gets the credit it deserves tho, everybody who listens already knows they cant deny the production, but I’ve heard a few complaints about Kno’s Voice/Flow, which I dont Understand. I grew up in the mid 90’s so I come from a time when guys like Scarface & Prodigy would get props for just being direct and getting their point across, these days it seems like alot of underground heads arent impressed unless you do that whole “Dippity diggity zippitty flippity rippity ripittty slappitti Rappity”, rhyming 20 times in a 4 bar measure and saying nothing bullshit, but I would much rather hear a verse like Kno’s on “Rhythm of the Rain”, with clever metaphors then hear somebody get there lyrical roadrunner on and say a whole bunch of nothing in the process
Between this album, “Oneirology” and “Machete Vision” I think Kno was really flexin with the beats tho, 3 whole albums, 3 completely diffrent styles, all pulled off effortlessly and nearly perfect (might have been a beat or 2 on MV I coulda lived without out), so I’m really excited to see where he takes it to next
I heard complaints that he sounds too white when he raps lmao.
Drucifer said:This has quickly worked its way into my all time favorite records list, not even just hip hop either. The whole Vibe is probably the most cohesive “Dark” hip hop record I’ve ever heard, the Production alone is probably only rivaled by Cypriss Hill’s “Temple Of Boom” when it comes to creating a dark hypnotizing atmosphere, and I’d go so far as to rank this above it
Lyrically I dont feel the album gets the credit it deserves tho, everybody who listens already knows they cant deny the production, but I’ve heard a few complaints about Kno’s Voice/Flow, which I dont Understand. I grew up in the mid 90’s so I come from a time when guys like Scarface & Prodigy would get props for just being direct and getting their point across, these days it seems like alot of underground heads arent impressed unless you do that whole “Dippity diggity zippitty flippity rippity ripittty slappitti Rappity”, rhyming 20 times in a 4 bar measure and saying nothing bullshit, but I would much rather hear a verse like Kno’s on “Rhythm of the Rain”, with clever metaphors then hear somebody get there lyrical roadrunner on and say a whole bunch of nothing in the process
Between this album, “Oneirology” and “Machete Vision” I think Kno was really flexin with the beats tho, 3 whole albums, 3 completely diffrent styles, all pulled off effortlessly and nearly perfect (might have been a beat or 2 on MV I coulda lived without out), so I’m really excited to see where he takes it to next
I heard complaints that he sounds too white when he raps lmao.
I havent heard that one but compared to guys like Asher Roth & Mac Miller Kno would sound like Malcolm X, lol
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