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'Droppin' Science Fiction' - The Mighty Underdogs (album reivew)

Feb 27, 2009, 5:43am

'Droppin' Science Fiction' - The Mighty Underdogs (album reivew)

The most user friendly album album Def Jux ever put out? I'll say. Singalongability? Check. Rhyme-that'd-impress-yer-gra n? Check. Beats plundered from far and wide? Check. Top notch guests? Most def a check. 'Droppin' Science Fiction' is the debut album from Blackalicious's Gift of Gab, Quannum head Lateef and Crown City Rockers member, producer Headnodic – collectively known as The Mighty Underdogs. Despite eclectic sample origins the album hangs together sonically like a neck and noose. 'Ill Vacation' and 'Science Fiction', the most unlikely of bedfellows, sit cheek by jowl the latter being a Brazilian holiday breezer and [...]

Artists: Chali 2na, Crown City Rockers, Gift of Gab, LadyBug Mecca, MF Doom, The Mighty Underdogs

Tags: mf doom, quannum, lateef, headnodic, the mighty underdogs, gift of gab, Chali 2na, Crown City Rockers, LadyBug Mecca, Rashaan Ahmad, Damien Marley, 20Syl, Latryx

Best Music of October, 2008: "Droppin’ Science Fiction," by The Mighty Underdogs Def Jux release info on the Mighty Underdogs debut Passing Through: Sara Moskovitz Interviews Lateef and Gift of Gab (The Mighty Underdogs)The Mighty Underdogs “Droppin’ Science Fiction” Review The Mighty Underdogs Droppin’ Science Fiction (Definitive Jux)

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