Hope in Dirt City

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All Music Guide - David Jeffries
An exciting mix of weird and tough, Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon often sounds like Del the Funky Homosapien if he were a member of G-Unit, but on Hope in Dirt City, he's much more, breaking into a chest-beating, rock ballad scream on the hooky highlight "Conditioning" and going full dub poet on the reverb-drenched, reggae-drenched "Small Deaths." A mixed batch of genres like electro (the anti-industry "(You Can't Stop) The Machine"), Hot Chip-styled indie funk (the twitchy "Jukebox"), and trunk-rumbling hip-hop from the Wu-Tang side of the street (the dark highlight "Hype Man") makes this the underground rapper's most musically ambitious album to date, and his superior...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - David Jeffries
An exciting mix of weird and tough, Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon often sounds like Del the Funky Homosapien if he were a member of G-Unit, but on Hope in Dirt City, he's much more, breaking into a chest-beating, rock ballad scream on the hooky highlight "Conditioning" and going full dub poet on the reverb-drenched, reggae-drenched "Small Deaths." A mixed batch of genres like electro (the anti-industry "(You Can't Stop) The Machine"), Hot Chip-styled indie funk (the twitchy "Jukebox"), and trunk-rumbling hip-hop from the Wu-Tang side of the street (the dark highlight "Hype Man") makes this the underground rapper's most musically ambitious album to date, and his superior rhymes don't take a hit at all, even if he's mellowed and slowed his pace a touch, which fits his increased love of introspection. Hook-filled songs are built to be accessible up front, and the album is well-designed as a whole, spacing out its prime numbers all the way to the end where the new wave-inspired title track offers an '80s beat and that rambling wordplay that only exists in the post-Mos Def world. Another solid and easy to recommend effort in a discography that already has a couple, which begs the question as to why Cadence Weapon isn't a bigger name, even among the underground hip-hop faithful?
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/29/2012
  • Label: Upper Class
  • UPC: 831707000334
  • Catalog Number: 16
  • Sales rank: 125,104

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Get On Down (1:59)
  2. 2 Conditioning (2:59)
  3. 3 Jukebox (2:52)
  4. 4 Cheval (2:27)
  5. 5 (You Can't Stop) the Machine (3:19)
  6. 6 No More Names (Aditi) (3:37)
  7. 7 Small Deaths (2:54)
  8. 8 Hype Man (3:55)
  9. 9 There We Go (5:28)
  10. 10 Crash Course For the Ravers (4:21)
  11. 11 Hope In Dirt City (4:22)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Cadence Weapon Primary Artist
Paul Prince Guitar
Brett Miles Saxophone
Sebastian Ostertag Cello
Ian Koiter Bass
Andrea Stewart Viola
Jered Stuffco Piano, Keyboards
Eric Lightfoot Percussion, Drums
Melissa Wilmot Violin
Matthew Oppenheimer Bass
Adam Feingold fender rhodes
Roland Pemberton Synthesizer, Melodica
Technical Credits
James Benjamin Engineer
Michael Musmanno Producer, Engineer
Mêlée Producer
Phil Demetro Mastering
DJ Nato Engineer
Jay Sadlowski Engineer
Dean Marino Engineer
Gareth Jones Arranger
Rich Terfry Composer
Ian Koiter String Arrangements
Lol Boys Arranger, Programming, Producer
Jody Zinner Cover Art
Nic Bertino Programming, Producer
Markus Garcia Producer
Kyle Bennett drum programming
Jerome Potter Producer
Flow Child drum programming
Airick Woodhead Programming, Producer
Victor Bongiovanni Arranger, Programming, Producer
The Breezes Arranger, Producer
Roland Pemberton Arranger, Composer, Programming, Producer
Doldrums Producer
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