Dialogue (Thavius Beck Album)
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''Dialogue'' is the third solo studio album by American hip hop musician
Thavius Beck Thavius Beck (born July 31, 1979) is an American record producer and rapper. He has been a member of Global Phlowtations and Lab Waste. He has also put out solo releases under the moniker Adlib. He is a certified trainer of Ableton Live. Biograph ...
. It was released through
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in Europe on October 12, 2009, and through
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in the rest of the world on January 26, 2010. "Go! / Away" was released as a single from the album.


Critical reception

Timothy Gabriele of ''
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'' gave the album 6 stars out of 10, stating that "Beck's lyrics are presented in rapid-fire succession with a fairly straightforward style and delivery, like a laser-tongued
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." Bram Gieben of '' The Skinny'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Smashing boundaries within electronic music and hip-hop simultaneously, it's hard to be anything but awed by this album, though it's likely to scare less adventurous hip-hop heads and dance music fans." Greg Cochrane of
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described it as " nalbum packed with tightly-wound, chunky snares sounds, low chanting vocals and Beck's impressively deep flow drawn over the top like a darkening tarpaulin." Chris Ziegler of ''
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'' commented that "Beck combines the overcranked aesthetic of
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with the intensity of a band like
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, and you can hear the pixels crack and squelch between gunshots and sirens and Beck's fearless lyrics about the personal and political."


Track listing


Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *
Thavius Beck Thavius Beck (born July 31, 1979) is an American record producer and rapper. He has been a member of Global Phlowtations and Lab Waste. He has also put out solo releases under the moniker Adlib. He is a certified trainer of Ableton Live. Biograph ...
– vocals, production *
D-Styles Dave Cuasito (born July 6, 1972), better known by his stage name D-Styles, is a hip hop producer and DJ. He has been a member of Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Beat Junkies, and Third Sight. He has also been a resident DJ of Low End Theory. D-styles is ...
– turntables (3) *
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– additional drum programming (5, 10, 12) * Debmaster – production (6) * Giovanni Marks – production (11) * Omar Ghaznavi – guitar (12) * Sonny Kay – layout, design * Angela Gomez – photography


References


External links

* {{Authority control 2009 albums Thavius Beck albums Big Dada albums Mush Records albums