Encore - Layover
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Artist: EncoreEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2004-03-09
Music Label: Hieroglyphics
Soundtracks:
- Skit (Airport)
- Layover
- Break Bread
- Step it Up
- Zigga Zigga
- Traditional Slick Talk (feat. Opio & A-Plus of Souls Of Mischief)
- The Schizm
- Home
- Real Talk (feat. Ladybug Mecca)
- Chocolate Popcorn (feat. Arcee)
- Essentially Yours
- City Livin' (feat. Pep Love)
- Faithful
- Layover (Outro)
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Music Review: Encore- Layover
Rating: 4 Stars
Encore second album "Layover" (2004) is a memorable release. This is the first first work I have heard from him, and I find that Encore delivers a unique album definetly worth checking out. Lyrically he is a good MC, who drops grounded intelligent lyrics, backed by some impressive production (Jake One, Vitamin D, Architect). At thirteen tracks (plus 1 skit) this is a short release, with a number of standout tracks. After intro the pumped up title track "Layover" has Encore waking people while talking about the rap game. Next comes "Break Bread", a track with a laidback beat, and a hungry determined Encore. My personal favourites come midaway and later in the album. The first of these is "The Schizm" feat. R & B singer Nathan Thomas , an outstanding track about love and a lady. The beat and concept to "Home" are just ill, Encore delivers a premium talk when talking about his genuine love for his parents and giving thanks. Encore's duet with the tight (hot) sounding Ladybug Mecca on "Real Talk", is just one of those chilled out cuts that makes me think of my woman. The fastpaced "City Livin'" feat. Pep Love is another decent collabration. Encore hooks up again with Nathan Thomas on the excellent "Faithful" an upbeat feel good track, on which Encore drops some addictively nice introspective lyrics. I would not really regard any tracks as weak on this, though a few do fall under skip material for me. Encore does shine on a number of tracks , making "Layover" an album I would recommend getting if your looking for more then the ordinary, and appreciate an MC who can deliver the goods while simply being himself.
Description of Layover
* You Was Right, Baby* What More Can A Woman Do?
* I Only Have Eyes For You
* Danny Boy
* Shampoo Commercial (television spot)
* What's My Line (mystery guest segment)
* Chat from The Judy Garland Show
* Paul McCartney Greeting
* Nancy Sinatra Tribute
* Person To Person Television Show Interview
Encore bears one of hip-hop's greatest weapons--a booming baritone that sounds menacing without even trying. That signature sound has armed past legends like KRS-One and Rakim, and Encore's flinty flow benefits immensely from his gravelly tone. On his sophomore CD, this Bay Area rapper leaves a stain on the brain with muscled verses for songs like the fast-moving "Essentially Yours" and the steady-thumping title track. The bulk of Layover is dedicated to mic deconstruction, but he shows some range on cuts like the love song "The Schizm" and an ode to his family, "The Way Home." Among his guests are some you'd expect, like fellow verbal bruiser (and label mate) Pep Love ("City Livin'"), but he also finds the long-lost Ladybug Mecca (from Digable Planets) for the playful men vs. women tussle "Real Talk." Longtime production partner Architect mans the boards alongside Seattle's Jake One and Chicago's Vitamin D for a sound steeped in a mix of soul and jazz aesthetics. As he brags on "Traditional Slick Talk," "I'm state of the art, not for the faint of heart." Consider yourself warned. --Oliver Wang
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