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reign55 | Columbia, Maryland | 06/21/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When people think of rap, they think of such people as Jay-Z, DMX, Hot Boys, and other no-talent emcees. This is because of what's broadcasted on MTV, BET and the radio. Groups like Haiku D'Etat(Aceyalone, Mikah 9, Abstract Rude) are not represented and are affected by the recycled garbage on TV. While other groups continue to use simple mother goose ryhme schemes about nothing, hardly even speaking english, and using simple key loops groups like Haiku D'Etat are being original. Like The Roots, they use live instrumentation, which creates an organic sound rarely heard. It works and perfectly fits the three emcees' styles. Every song is good, and if you, like me, despise how this art form is misrepresented and you're mind is above the mainstream listener, buy this cd now."

These mc's aren't like those other mc's

Matthew Moon | 08/25/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD once again shows the vocal skills of LA's best. and some of the best true hip-hop mceys out there. This CD is jazzy and up beat, like peaceful.If You haven't heard this style You might not appericiate it,You will either think this style is the best thing Hip-Hop has produced or you won't feel it, but listen to it and you will love it. I recomended for anyone who likes aceyalone you go out and find All balls don't bounce his best album and my favorite album of all time.twice as good as this one."

Haiku De Tat

Matthew Moon | Boston, MA | 06/17/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The title "Haiku De Tat" is about the overthrow(d'etat) of set rhythmic and beat restrictions (as in a haiku) -- basically the goal of this album is to go beyond the norm of hiphop. In fact these three artists (Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, and Mikah9) offer here, under their combined forces, an album unlike anything any of them have done before -- you can easily see the growth of Mikah and Acey since their Freestyle Fellowship days. The only CD offered by any of these artists before that I would consider better than this CD would be Aceyalone's "A Book of Human Language." But of course that album was minus the talents and suprises packed with Ab Rude and Mikah, and these three emcees compliment each other more perfectly here than they have ever done in the past. Abstract Rude is definitley the star of the CD, stealing the show in most songs with his bass voice and subtle humor. All of these emcees definitly blow up rhythmical patterns and lyrical content on this joint. The first two songs and "Still Rappin'" are my favorites. The CD could deal with being a little longer, but besides that no complaints."