Music Review
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Human Animal
The United States of Auschwitz
[RE]Evolution
http://thehumananimal.com
Rating: BADASS
From the on the set of The Human Animal's debut release, it is apparent that you aren't going to be subjected to diamond encrusted pipe dreams that go up in smoke faster than you can skip to the next track. The United States of Auschwitz (first of three releases by The USA Project), named after the infamous Nazi concentration camp, paints a grim post 9-11 apocalyptic world fueled by greedy conglomerates feeding off each other in frenzy. The album introduction sets the stage with various sound clips related to the Iraqi War embedded within an ominous dark synth. The production on most of the CD sticks with format, which at times makes it difficult to tell the difference between one song and the next. Despite this, The Human Animal maneuvers stanzas with relative ease and lyrical creditability. In "Pimp My Whip" he quips, "Why we torturing a detainee/when the real war criminal is Dick Cheney?" over the CD's more upbeat tracks (with a Nas sample thrown in for good measure). The project's closing and most poignant track "Children of War", The Human Animal offers his perspective on soldiers raping and pillaging Iraqi villages. This definitely not for the faint of heart (or seekers of the next dance step). -9th Element
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posted by 9th at
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2 Comments:
YES!!! This album is by far the best hiphop cd to have come out in the past few years. He's like a mixture of Em and Immortal Technique, and his beats are from another world. Its obvious why this CD wont be reviewed in mags like rolling stone, so props to Origivation for shedding light on possibly the best underground music of year.
human animal is the truth
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