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The Pharcyde Album: “Cydeways: The Best of the Pharcyde”
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Cydeways: The Best of the Pharcyde |
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Release Date:2004-03-15
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, West Coast Rap, Underground Hip-Hop
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Label:Delicious Vinyl
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4015698282726
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Review - :
If rap music has taught people anything, it's that even the annoying shimmer of a {@Mercedes Benz} and a pool of high-price hookers can't overshadow true talent. Surprisingly enough, it became clear that {$the Pharcyde} is one of hip-hop's few modern ensembles that stares down modern-day rap and challenges it to a fight. Crafty and cool, {^Cydeways} isn't necessarily genius. Its off-beat and stylistic rhythms and rhymes are an acquired taste at best. But the album still carries innovation that hasn't been touched in years: rap music thriving on a genuine mix of fact, fiction, humor, and memory. {&"Runnin,"} {&"Ya Mama,"} and {&"Oh Shit"} are creative excerpts from a diary that these boys have carefully crafted. It becomes a kind of coming-of-age story, from making jokes about each other's mother to getting their ass kicked in school. Its undeniable soul is what makes {$the Pharcyde} an underappreciated addition to hip-hop's overplayed and overrated existence in the coming century. So if you still believe in hip-hop, but have become intimidated by its current barrage of smut, simplicity and stupidity, fear not friends -- {$the Pharcyde}'s got your back. ~ Darren Ratner, All Music Guide
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