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Black Dialogue (CD)

By: The Perceptionists (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Black Dialogue (CD) Album By The Perceptionists (Artist)
1   Let's Move
2   People 4 Prez
3   BLO
4   Memorial Day
5   Love Letters
6   Black Dialogue
7   Frame Rupture
8   What Have We Got To Lose?!?
9   Party Hard - (with Guru/Camu Tao)
10   Career Finders - (with Humpty Hump)
11   5 O'Clock - (featuring Phonte)
12   Breath In The Sun
 

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Review

Spin (p.92) - "In typical Lif fashion, the album bares sociopolitical teeth..." - Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly (No. 813, p.67) - "[T]his Boston trio's debut has an earnest collegiate vibe..." - Grade: B+
Alternative Press (pp.128-130) - 5 out of 5 - "With its verses kicked back and forth as playfully as hacky sacks, the album brims with old-school positivity..."
The Wire (p.72) - "BLACK DIALOGUE is the loud and righteous sound of Hip Hop's conscience."

Title Note

The Perceptionists: Fakts One, Akrobatik, Mr. Lif (rap vocals).

Additional personnel include: Guru (rap vocals).

As early-2000s torchbearers of Boston hip-hop, Akrobatik, Mr. Lif, and DJ Fakts One appeared on each other's solo records for years before officially teaming up as the Perceptionists (a dream collective first hinted at on the Mr. Lif single "Avengers"). Not surprisingly, a deep familiarity between the three rappers abounds on their official debut, BLACK DIALOGUE, as the trio creates an album that lives up to their lofty moniker. Here the Perceptionists address matters both elevated and lighthearted over lush, resounding beats that recall DJ Premier during the halcyon days of fellow Bostonians Gang Starr.

The title track lays down the band's multi-hued philosophy, ending in name-checks that underscore their unpredictability, exalting views from Huey P. Newton to Stevie Wonder. Whether deploring distant war ("Memorial Day") or reveling in inner peace ("Breathe in the Sun"), the Perceptionists keep their minds moving at an invigorating pace, with rhymes that unfold complexly, overflowing with parenthetical comments. The Perceptionists are equally powerful on the vulnerable seduction of "Love Letters" or calling out hip-hop cliches with sharp wit on "Career Finders" (featuring the unlikely, but welcome, return of Digital Underground's Humpty Hump). BLACK DIALOGUE is the abundant fruit of a distinguished collaboration and the perfect kick-off for the Perceptionists.

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