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CD REVIEW: Aesop Rock drops ball on 'Bazooka Tooth'

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From: University Wire
Date: 20031104
Author:Chris Skull

Chris Skull
University Wire
11-04-2003
(Technician) (U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- I knew that anything Ian Bavitz, a.k.a. Aesop Rock, put out after his 2001 masterpiece "Labor Days" would fall short of the previous album's all-around amazing quality. But his new LP, "Bazooka Tooth," can't even hold a torch to his earlier works.

There are still quite a few good tracks on this album, but many of the songs are repetitive and too dissonant. This might be due to Aesop's decision to produce most of the album himself, having dismissed former producer Blockhead, who was responsible for the brilliant ...

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