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Cannibal ox the cold vein zip4/27/2023 ![]() ![]() And his lyrics don’t hurt – peep a few lines from his first verse on “Stress Rap”:Īnd when the lyrics leave the mouth, they look like light beams Vordul is good, but Vast Aire carries most of the songs with his voice alone. Straight up, lyrically, “The Cold Vein” is uneven. The formula usually works pretty well, from the mostly-battle tracks like “Raspberry Fields” and “Straight Off the D.I.C.” to concept jams like “The F-Word.” ![]() ![]() If you’ve copped the singles, you know what to expect Vordul’s syllable-twisting complexes and Vast’s simple flow of complicated lyrics over El-P production like a broken synth through blown speakers. Given this brief, theoretical market-cornering, Can Ox could easily use their ample mic skills to prove that NYC underground still has some raw, weird creative talent. But right now, abstract hip-hop hasn’t had a notable album in a minute, previously adored underground emcees are going stale and the midwest hasn’t established enough of a sound to flood the mainstream yet with clones. ![]() Several years ago, they just would have been too weird. A few years earlier, they might have been labled as more abstract Company Flow biters. A little earlier, they would have been out-weirded by the above-ground hype surrounding the Anticon crew. ![]()
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