Comments on: Slug & Murs: Felt 3 – A Tribute to Rosie Perez

By: nofrillz

nofrillz — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:33:24 +0000

It’s hilarious, that someone who just praised the album so highly didn’t even listen closely enough to catch who they actually NAMED to be the Felt 4 woman.

This is also hilarious because you just called Ant “Chipmunk Soul” with the Same Drums, when in fact, he used all live instruments on You Can’t Imagine, and hardly brought in “Chipmunk Soul” as a crutch.

hahahahahahahaha………

By: spinach

spinach — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:13:43 +0000

come on, mike, that’s kind of a cheap shot.

“…doesn’t have that “Woman Tonight” or “Suzanne Vega” sweetness or quirkiness to it, both in atmosphere and production. Aesop more or less presents similar dark beats throughout the album and beats a dead horse with that notion.”

with that, i get his point. that bit also just about sold me on this album. when an unfavorable review still sells me on its subject, there’s no question in my mind that it is a good review. bad reviews, favorable or not, only ever preach to the choir.

By: Mike (Midwest Broadcast)

Mike (Midwest Broadcast) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:54:29 +0000

I’m having trouble deciphering from this review specifically what it is that you don’t like about the album. You speak of “rare pleasantness” and how it’s “remarkably unsettling,” but you never really say why. Not a very thorough review.

Though, RSE is an “indie” label, so the site is probably $35 richer. Ha!

By: spinach

spinach — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:45:22 +0000

i have to be put together wrong or something. this is some of my favorite production in a long time, and it fits the interplay between slug and murs like a glove. hip hop needs more noise, that’s where the soul is.

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:04:46 +0000

It’s hilarious, that someone who just praised the album so highly didn’t even listen closely enough to catch who they actually NAMED to be the Felt 4 woman.

By: Admbmb

Admbmb — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:12:10 +0000

Y’all are crazy. This was the best Felt of the 3. I never really considered Aesop to be a producer, so I was pretty skeptical on this one. Slug is dope, but his latest efforts haven’t really been all that exciting. I’ve also kind of outgrown MURS (just seems corny these days). That being said, Aesop absolutely killed this shit. I don’t know what switch went off, but the production is on some psychedelic, updated Bomb Squad ish. Slug and MURS finally sound hungry on the mic and really threw me for a loop. All three killed it. I really enjoy hearing Slug and MURS spit more agressively. I’m glad Ant wasn’t a part of this (chipmunk soul + same drums (where there’s no bassline – just an 808 under the kick with an overcompressed snare and same pattern)). So, there you go…I pretty much insulted everybody, but I love this album and I think its top-notch quality from all 3. This deserved a much higher rating, imo.

Felt 4 – Tatiana Ali?

By: Valeeta

Valeeta — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:58:51 +0000

Great review Deez!

By: NTBPO

NTBPO — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:37:15 +0000

I was thinking something was wrong with me when I was less than impressed with this. Glad to see that I’m not alone. I think that Aesop is just too industrial with his production and that Felt needs a more organic, bluesy sound to it. Again no one does a bad job here, it’s just that the styles don’t fit well. I’ll tell you what though, it would be awesome to see a Felt 4 with RJD2 making a return to hip-hop. You can’t tell me that wouldn’t move some units.

By: Faubs

Faubs — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:27:26 +0000

I agree completely. Murs and Slug are still clearly dope, and remain some of my favourite artists today, especially Slug. I was probably too excited for this third installment from these two guys after such a long wait following Felt 2… but damn, I expected more than this. And like you pointed out, it’s not the rappers that fail to satisfy, it’s the producer. Aesop clearly didn’t mesh well with these guys. I HOPE these guys can redeem themselves with Felt 4.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:58:56 +0000

a lot of people were saying how great this was when it dropped a few weeks back. Personally I miss ANT. Felt 2 was incredible and I like Atmosphere and Murs. I didn’t like Bazooka Tooth(Truth is i hated it) but loved some of Aesops earlier records. I have to agree with Deez for once on this one. very disappointed.

By: Tokyo Cigar

Tokyo Cigar — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:27:32 +0000

On point as usual fam. I personally liked this joint. Aesop stepped it up with this one and has really grown in to his own as a producer to me. It’s a step up from his first work on Bazooka Tooth and feel that he brought another level to the collabo. He aint El-p or nothing but dude has laced some fire. I agree that it was a LONG ASS ALBUM. But it was cool.

I met Slug in B more when he came thorough on tour for When life gives you lemons and we spoke for a hot second. ( cool dude ) I was gonna ask him about another Felt record and suggest that Alchemist should have been the producer for it but i was WAYY too blunted to remember to ask lol.

Props Deez

By: Cenzo Beatz

Cenzo Beatz — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:09:55 +0000

^^wow, keith.

i wasnt impressed by the album neither, but it wasnt that bad! we got a lot of wack shit comin out these days but this album definately shouldnt be called “garbage”.

By: keith n' dem

keith n' dem — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:26:30 +0000

aesop rock is just pure garbage. the beats on this album, musically, do not make sense. just a bunch of noise and random drums. i would give this album the lowest possible grade. this makes the blueprint 3 look like a classic.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:51:45 +0000

I’ve listen to this four times. I didn’t feel a connection with the music or the rhymes. I got on the Murs bandwagon kinda late, but I still thinks he sounds perfect over 9th’s production. This doesn’t do it for me.

Props to their distro tho. This album is at Best Buy along with the first two editions.

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:04:19 +0000

^^^ It’s actually one of those open ended type of Acronym, at least that’s my interpretation of it

By: NickSalv

NickSalv — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:57:12 +0000

isnt MURS “Making Underground Raw Shit”? haha

By: C-Villain

C-Villain — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:24:18 +0000

album seemed like a big flop

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:22:35 +0000

Well said Deez. I would’ve given it a little higher number (maybe 72) but you said it perfectly. Nothing on here is bad but it is tough to get through 20 tracks of Aesop Rock production. The beats at times seems to all sound the same. Maybe if it was a little shorter, it mind not feel that way. Slug & Murs do their thing as usual though. I hope we see a Felt 4.