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Artist | Evidence
Title | The Weatherman LP
Genre | Hip-Hop Format | Album
Source | CD Time | 69:15
Label | ABB Records Store | 2007
Catalog | ABB1089-2 Rip | 2021
Bitrate | 835 kbps Size | 467.68 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
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01. I Know (Feat. Noelle Scaggs) (Prod. Evidence) 3:53
02. Weather Report 1 0:34
03. Mr. Slow Flow (Prod. Sid Roams) 4:02
04. Letyourselfgo (Feat. The Alchemist & Phonte) (Prod. The 3:22
Alchemist)
05. Down In New York City (Prod. Jake One) 4:31
06. A Moment In Time (Feat. Planet Asia) (Prod. Babu) 4:47
07. Look For The Evidence Interlude 0:26
08. All Said & Done (Feat. Kobe) (Prod. DJ Khalil) 4:40
09. Weather Report 2 0:31
10. Perfect Storm (Feat. Rakaa Iriscience & Madchild) (Prod. 4:50
Sid Roams)
11. Chase The Clouds Away (Prod. The Alchemist) 3:58
12. NC To CA (Feat. Defari, Joe Scudda & Rapper Big Pooh) 4:32
(Prod. Evidence)
13. Evidence Is Everywhere (Prod. The Alchemist) 2:31
14. Things You Do (Prod. Babu) 3:24
15. Biggest Belgium Fan Interlude 0:43
16. Hot & Cold (Feat. The Alchemist) (Prod. Evidence) 4:25
17. Line Of Scrimmage (Feat. Slug) (Prod. The Alchemist) 4:32
18. Believe In Me (Feat. Res) (Prod. Sid Roams) 4:38
19. Born In LA (Feat. Chace Infinite & Sick Jacken) (Prod. The 4:35
Alchemist)
20. Weather Report 3 0:38
21. I Still Love You (Prod. Evidence) 3:43
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Evidence, one-third of the esteemed underground rap group Dilated Peoples,
makes the most of his solo debut album, The Weatherman LP. He retains the
best aspect of his group efforts, the outstanding productions. But just as
importantly, he ditches the most played-out aspect of Dilated Peoples,
their back-to-basics conservatism in the face of changing times and trends.
Consequently, The Weatherman LP is the freshest Dilated Peoples album, and
certainly the most compelling from start to finish, since the good old days
of Expansion Team (2001).
As always, the Alchemist is a chief contributor, responsible for the beats
on five of the album's 16 songs. "Letyourselfgo" is one of his strongest
productions here; however, "Chase the Clouds Away" is his key contribution,
the one sunny song on this otherwise stormy album. Evidence produces a few
tracks himself, and Dilated Peoples colleague Babu handles a few too, most
notably "A Moment in Time," which boasts some phenomenal turntable cuts.
Sid Roams, Jake One, and DJ Khalil are also credited with beat-making.
The productions are the highlight of The Weatherman LP, of course, as they
are on all Dilated Peoples efforts, but the rapping here is thematically
notable, if sometimes unimpressive from a technical standpoint. Evidence
keeps his themes personal throughout, addressing his view points and
feelings openly. You learn more about Michael Perretta, aka the Weatherman,
on this one album than on all four Dilated Peoples albums to date combined.
He raps about his upbringing ("Born in LA"), his recently passed-away
mother ("I Still Love You"), the birthplace of hip-hop ("Down in New York
City"), his artistic self-consciousness ("Things You Do"), happiness
("Chase the Clouds Away"), his career ambitions ("I Know"), and much more.
By the end, you really feel like you know the guy intimately. His world
revolves around music, no doubt about it -- it's a world of hip-hop,
ProTools, and marijuana, or so you imagine after listening to The
Weatherman LP. The hard-hitting productions can grow wearisome by the end
of the album, as can the overall downcast atmosphere, because the album is
so lengthy and consistently dark in tone. But The Weatherman LP is an
impressive album all the same, and if you trim away the interludes and some
of the collaborations, there are at least a half-dozen really great songs
here, and another half-dozen that are very good, if not all-around great.
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