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- Date Released: February 6, 2001
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop
- Label: Big Dada / Iris
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British MC Ty's vocal delivery is smooth, soulful, and relaxed with clear diction, a self-deprecating sense of humor, and little indication of anger or braggadocio; the accompanying beats are tasteful, crisp, melodious, stylistically diverse, generally laid-back, and sometimes mixed to resemble funk more than typical hip-hop; the literate lyrics mention Brian Eno and address topics such as sexual politics without resorting to misogyny or mean-spiritedness; and Ty even recalls the school bully without fantasizing about violent revenge. In other words, Awkward is an early contender for politically correct hip-hop album of the year. That doesn't mean that it's a bad album, however, since there's no rule that an MC has to drop offensive lyrics to be good. Ty has enough technique to make it seem like he's rhyming even when he isn't, and while some may consider the album too mellow and perhaps even somewhat bland, it does have enough musical variety to keep it interesting, ranging from Eric Appapoulaye's rock guitar on songs such as "The Nonsense" to the guest French MC and African music influence on "Zaibo."
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| 01. |  |
Rev. Cloud Speaks |
1:15 |
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| 02. | |
Mind Made Up |
4:25 |
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| 03. | |
Walk With Your Ego |
3:30 |
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| 04. | |
Trippin' Over Words |
4:34 |
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| 05. | |
The Tale |
3:37 |
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| 06. | |
The Nonsense |
3:57 |
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| 07. | |
She's Not Feeling Me At the Moment |
1:42 |
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| 08. | |
Jealousy |
4:02 |
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| 09. | |
Hercules |
3:15 |
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| 10. | |
Zaibo |
4:45 |
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| 11. | |
You're So.. |
4:31 |
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| 12. | |
Move |
3:32 |
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| 13. | |
Front Free |
4:12 |
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| 14. | |
Break The Lock |
3:45 |
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| 15. | |
Shake Your Tings |
2:09 |
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| 16. | |
Ghetto Perspective |
3:48 |
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16 Total Tracks, 56:59 Total Length
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Credits
- Big Al - Mixing // R.J. - Performer // Linda Spa - Performer // DJ Pogo - Cutting Consultant // B.L.I.M. - Guitar // Accident - Engineer // Babs - Vocals // Pete Martin - Double Bass // Ty - Vocals // Ty - Producer // Ty - Rap // Ty - Main Performer // Ty - Mixing // Slim Adie - Engineer // Slim Adie - Mixing // Slim Adie - Hammond Synth // James Yarde - Keyboards // James Yarde - Producer // James Yarde - Engineer // James Yarde - Mixing // Ben Weaver - Design // Rich Mulhearn - Photography // Eric Appapoulaye - Guitar // Sibi Agard - Performer // French Babs - Vocals (Background) // French Babs - Performer // Shortee Blitz - Scratching // Shortee Blitz - Vocals // Shortee Blitz - Performer // James Cabooter - Keyboards // James Cabooter - Performer // Drew - Performer // Frenchy Kougga - Vocals (Background) // Frenchy Kougga - Performer // Melanie Legure - Performer // Melanie Legure - Musician // Lo Aka Loney - Producer // Lo Aka Loney - Performer // Mpho - Performer // Jay Phelps - Performer // Soliheen - Performer // Sparkii - Performer
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