More Album Compilation and less than meets the eye

Looking at the feature list of this album on, then you think "this is certainly a great compilation, but no consistent album." Too many names suggest a contrary, from the East Coast, over the Midwest to LA. But after the first listening I was surprised: statics creates consistency and has, although it offers a wide range of styles, an acoustic concept. Soul and jazz elements set the tone, not about to yawn boring, no static has a really good drum programming among the melodic sounds and provides each artist and each artist combo the perfect foundation for the rape. Freddie Gibbs destroyed the track with Joey Bada $$ (almost unfair); Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch and Ransom show who are the kings of the east coast. Logic has a great verse to "Alarm Clock", Jon Connor shows on the same track that he Statiks beats are perfect (you wish for almost a collabo album of the two, rather than one Aftermath production of his album). All provide not only the standard features but have partly their best verses of the year unpacked - Black Thought raps here in a stanza felt more than in the whole last Roots album together. Better than last year Extended Play. Likes very = 5 stars.