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- Date Released: October 4, 2005
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop
- Label: Big Dada / Iris
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They Say...
The Lotek Hi-Fi producer Wayne Bennett has one of the most distinctive styles in hip-hop -- a bleak, punchy ragga digitalia of the same type that informed Detroit techno and jungle in the past. It's not ragga/dancehall and it's not British grime, but it's influenced by the former and has influenced the latter. The second Lotek Hi-Fi album finds the vocalist crew trimmed to a duo of Aurelius and Wayne Paul -- although former member Earl J. features on the opener -- and the sound equals what made the first record special. Equal, that is, but never greater than. Bennett's productions are technically adept and always innovative, but rarely have a hook anywhere to recommend them, while the threesome doesn't have the vocal personality and power to compete with most rappers. Mixed Blessings is a solid record, but it shows Lotek planing out rather than rising, and has to be counted a disappointment considering the high standard of quality that usually appears on Big Dada releases.
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| 01. |  |
Ram Dancehall
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4:28 |
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| 02. | |
How It Go
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3:02 |
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| 03. | |
Blessings |
1:55 |
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| 04. | |
Feel No way |
3:53 |
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| 05. | |
What You See |
3:49 |
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| 06. | |
Slowburn |
3:46 |
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| 07. | |
Dazzla
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1:11 |
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| 08. | |
Move Ya Ting |
3:36 |
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| 09. | |
Sticks & Stones |
4:12 |
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| 10. | |
Showdown |
3:55 |
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| 11. | |
Can't Believe
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4:03 |
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| 12. | |
Time Has Come
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3:26 |
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| 13. | |
Diatribe |
3:05 |
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| 14. | |
Whos' Laughing? |
3:30 |
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| 15. | |
Showdown Reprise |
1:07 |
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15 Total Tracks, 48:58 Total Length
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Credits
- Sandra Melody - Vocals // Ray Carlos - Horn // Wayne Paul - Vocals // Stella Page - Strings // Tom Zacharias - Guitar // Tom Zacharias - Guitar (Bass)
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