Evolution Fight | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 29, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004-2005 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Label | City Centre Offices[1] | |||
Producer | Speck and Enoch[1] | |||
Cyne chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Stylus Magazine | A[3] |
Evolution Fight is an album by hip hop band Cyne.[4][5] It was released on August 29, 2005, on the City Centre Offices label. It gained some moderate success underground and in the mainstream. It is considered a classic hip-hop album by many critics and helped Cyne get more public attention.
Reception
AllMusic wrote: "Despite their fundamental vision, further listens will show Evolution Fight to be a deceptively intricate album (check the wonky piano loop that backs the ribbon-blown lyrics on the title track or the off-beat rhythm that backs a gospel sample on 'Up Above'), and that might make it more worthy of the City Centre tag of musical advancement than many more overtly abstract hip-hop albums."[2] Stylus Magazine wrote: "Polemical without becoming condescending, superbly judged without seeming contrived, but most significantly a great listen that bounces you about, knocks you down, engages your head and has you belly dancing with glee, Evolution Flight is easily one of the year’s best releases."[3] CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "consistently enjoyable and party-friendly."[1]
Track listing
- "Plight About Now" - 2:22
- "Soapbox" - 2:56
- "Evolution Fight" - 3:23
- "Haze" - 3:25
- "Rousseau" - 3:30
- "Fuck America" - 2:52
- "Growing" - 4:04
- "Rappin'" - 2:14
- "Automaton" - 2:11
- "Arrow of God" - 3:54
- "Running Water" - 3:38
- "Up Above" - 3:14
- "Deferred" - 4:43
- "Moonlight" - 6:07
Samples
- "Plight About Now"
- "Let The Dollar Circulate" by Billy Paul
- "Soapbox"
- "War of the Gods" by Billy Paul
- "Evolution Fight"
- "Smile, We Have Each Other" by The Spinners
- "Haze"
- "Wherever You Are" by Isaac Hayes
- "Up Above"
- "Whenever I Call You "Friend" by Kenny Loggins
- "Moonlight"
- "Take Your Time" by Mantronix
References
- 1 2 3 "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. September 9, 2004 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Evolution Fight - CYNE | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- 1 2 "Cyne - Evolution Fight - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
- ↑ "CYNE | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ Herman, Max (November 1, 2005). "Cyne Evolution Flight". XLR8R.