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Prefuse 73
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Out of 47 votes - Similar Artists: cLOUDDEAD, Aesop Rock, Doseone, MF Doom
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- Location: Atlanta
- Genre: Hip-Hop » Underground Rap
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So you want to hear what hip-hop can be? Take one last listen to 50 Cent and his mainstream compatriots, because once you've heard Scott Herren, none of that stuff will matter much. Herren calls himself Prefuse 73 because his blazing tracks ride on a pre-1973 soul-funk current that's equal parts Sly Stone and art rock. It's genuinely unprecedented and impossibly smart.
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Just as the ringing in your ears from the dense concussive cocktail that was 2005's Surrounded By Silence has softened, Prefuse 73 follows up that album with a masterclass in sliced-up breakdance noise rock.
Whereas Silence saw Prefuse productions paired with all-star guests like Ghostface, Aesop Rock, Blonde Redhead, EL-P and Battles Tyondai Braxton, Security Screenings is a collection of the type of intricate instrumental material that slayed fans in the first place. Whether chopping samples, destroying synthesizers, trading beats with Four Tet, or backing the vocals of Babatunde Adebimpe of Brooklyn space rock stars TV On The Radio, this is certainly another Prefuse 73 sure shot.
Prefuse 73 on Security Screenings:It's a collection of songs based on my love for being handled with an immense amount of respect and care by airport security. I have been screened on every flight i'm on in case I seem I'm a possible threat to the other passengers. God bless airport security in America and the countries that are a part of the "Coalition of the Willing.". This is not a follow up to Surrounded By Silence, but merely a transition between the last album and what's to come, the next one is to be completely different all together.
