Huh? [2.5 Stars]
Norfeest | Washington DC USA | 04/19/2006
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Bird's Eye View is more accompanied spoken word than it is hip hop. From the onset, you get the impression that MC Blackbird marches to the beat of his own drummer. He covers a multitude of topics, but drifts into the world of the completely nonsensical more often than not. There are tracks where Blackbird isn't even rapping instead he decides to sing, talk, or in some cases, grunt (yes, grunt) into the microphone. The production duties are handled exclusively by Paris Zax and his work has range. From the melancholy strings to the funky boom bap of old, Zax shows how diverse and well rounded his sound is. If nothing else, Bird's Eye View definitely oozes originality. The jury is still out on whether that's a good thing or not."