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Louis Logic debuted with 2003's Sin-A-Matic, an underground hit that introduced the Philadelphia rapper to a wider audience. The follow-up, Misery Loves Comedy, gives co-credit to producer J.J. Brown, a wise move because Brown's inventive, varied settings are the album's most consistently entertaining feature. Vintage old-school soul samples and jazzy minor-key instrumental themes are Brown's primary stock in trade, but the producer cleverly integrates unexpected sound effects in between without crossing over into show-offy gimmickry. (In particular, the opening of "Up to No Good," balancing Stereolab-like vintage synth washes with a deep soul guitar line and wordless male/female vocals, is simply outstanding.) Over all of this, Logic's raps tend to focus on his experiences with women, and as the title indicates, the news isn't good. However, instead of the usual bitches-and-hos misogyny, Logic gamely accepts his own shortcomings on songs like "All Girls Cheat" and "A Perfect Circle," even as other tracks feature more typical sly braggadocio along the lines of "Classy McNasty." The album's centerpiece track, "The Withdrawal Method," is the best of the bunch lyrically, a clear-eyed examination of a relationship's end that sounds like Nick Hornby could have written it. Funny, sharp, and surprisingly honest, Misery Loves Comedy is a big lyrical step up from Logic's earlier, more broadly comic records.
1. New Leaf
2. Captain Lou El Wino
3. The Line
4. Beginners Lust
5. Rule By A Fool
6. All Girls Cheat
7. The Withdrawal Method
8. A Perfect Circle
9. Classy McNasty
10. The Great Divide
11. Up To No Good
12. Morning After Pill
13. Misery Loves Comedy / The Great Divide (Remix)(Hidden Bonus Track)
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Louis Logic is a dope MC, also one of the original members of The Demigodz along with Apathy, Celph Titled and others. J.J. Brown is one of my favourite producers, also one of the most underrated in the game! This is another one of my "FOR THOSE THAT SLEPT" posts so... er... don't sleep!! ;)
"The Great Divide"
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