Though Dego is helped by a varied cast of collaborators -- Manifest & Cheewa, his partner, Mark Mac, even Butterfly of Digable Planets in an uncredited vocal -- this album is his and his alone. It's Not What You Think It Is!?!! mostly consists of futuristic hip-hop, with Dego winding sampled raps around occasional live contributions. When not edging into rap, the album is split between easy-listening/R&B -- on vocal tracks with divas Carol Crosby and Kinnor Eve -- and the relative underground appeal of darkstep jungle, on ...
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Though Dego is helped by a varied cast of collaborators -- Manifest & Cheewa, his partner, Mark Mac, even Butterfly of Digable Planets in an uncredited vocal -- this album is his and his alone. It's Not What You Think It Is!?!! mostly consists of futuristic hip-hop, with Dego winding sampled raps around occasional live contributions. When not edging into rap, the album is split between easy-listening/R&B -- on vocal tracks with divas Carol Crosby and Kinnor Eve -- and the relative underground appeal of darkstep jungle, on "Beast Within," "74' Above Sea Level," and "Spring." It's difficult to appreciate the innovative breakbeats when they're sandwiched between Muzaky sex talk, and the album mostly fails because of it. The true highlights come only on the CD edition: the bonus of a second disc containing 13 tracks of Tek 9's ragga breakbeats. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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