idle warship - habits of the heart

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i know in the mac miller fred i said the 9th wonder album was prob the second best release of the year and i'd write up the first one, well here i go. year aint finished yet and some big ones coming (some old schoolers in common and kidz n the hall; some new schoolers like sir mikey rocks; and the roots are comin out with one too)

anyways, as it stands idle warship's habits of the heart is a killer album.

a lot of people may know talib kweli, one of the best lyricists in the game; or as one half of black starr with mos def; or as one half of eternal reflection with hitek; but one of his other gigs is with the beuatiful singer res as idle warship. i never heard of them in their first coming but since getting into kweli would catch the various leaked singles (for a few years now) and they finally dropped an lp.

res takes on the bulk of the vocals with the occassinal 16 from kweli. a handful of guests and the beats are done by a few peeps including aus's own m-phazes on burning desire (prob one of my fave tracks). the genres are all over the shop, pop, indie (rat-a-tat feel), up beat soul (outkast or cee-loo),funky to old school.

my picks are burning desire (the m-phazes one which sound like something out of breakdance, or flash dance). driving me insane (a funky/ poppy soul track). god bless my soul ( a ragga-ish/ horn laced track. think blue king brown. res' voice just kills on this track).

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heres some youtube examples

"system addict". one of the more poppy rap tracks. i love it, especially as it has jean grae. one of the best spitters in the game. and i wont insult her by saying one of the best grrls in the game, because she would wipe half the cocks out there no sweat.

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"laser beams"

studio version

live version

EDIT: damn would love to hit a gig like that