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Oaklandazulasylum
Hip-Hop · 2003 · 13 tracks

Oaklandazulasylum

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Brittle, tape-hiss heavy bedroom rap that feels like reading a stranger's most anxious diary entries. A masterclass in lo-fi neurosis and dusty sampling.

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It's like listening to a very smart, very anxious guy rap into a tape recorder in a messy bedroom.

A claustrophobic and deeply literate exploration of urban isolation and internal neurosis.

Oaklandazulasylum · vs · WHY?
Sampler+1.2σ

The instrumentation foregrounds sampler notably more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Ferriswheel
2:25
02
Cold Lunch (Albert Brown Mortuary Dumpster Dive remix)
1:37
03
Afterschool America
1:19
04
Our Neighbor's Daughter
1:45
05
A Little Titanic
3:32
06
Weak Moon
2:14
08
Dream on Cortelyou
2:56
09
Women Eye, "NO."
1:32
10
Dirty Glass
3:27
11
Shirtless, Sheetless, and
1:59
12
Bad Entropy
5:02
13
Seventeen
2:33
14
Ape in Cage With Wire Cutters
4:08
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the brittle acoustic guitar on Ferriswheel clashes against the muffled, thumping kick drum.
The unsettling transition into the dumpster dive remix where the audio quality seems to physically degrade.
The sprawling, five-minute descent of Bad Entropy that feels like a slow-motion mental breakdown in a basement.
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