2001 on the Definitive Jux label.Vast Aire and Vordul Mega unleash a tapestry of words over the part-post-apocalyptic, part-goth, part-concrete Gotham gargoyles perched over the frozen tundra of the ghetto production of El-P.
The album is sincere. The delivery style is more prose than poetry than prose, a winding narrative filled with wordplay, purposeful repetition, and stutter steps that refine what it means to be an urban poet.
Not a single song thrives on references and pop culture citations. Vast Aire even manages to rap a love song that avoids getting trapped in the clutches of post-modern irony.
And in the midst of all of the alien noises and bleakness, there is hope, transcendence through music, and some thoughtful advice.
If ever there was a hip-hop ALBUM with an arc, this is it.
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