Jedi Mind Tricks the Bridge and the Abyss Review

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What Went Wrong With… The Bridge And The Abyss by Jedi Listen Tricks?

Philly undercover Hip-Hop legends Jedi Heed Tricks today release their 9th studio anthology The Bridge And The Completeness and with the embrace artwork similar to 2015's The Thief And The Fallen, this is more than of a follow-on from that LP than any of their earlier albums. This nevertheless is part of the problem. With Vinnie Paz making the listener aware of his "20 plus years" career in two of the LP's songs, as a listener y'all hope for a return to the darker, original sound that JMT pioneered. What nosotros instead take is an anthology that is lxxx-90% lacklustre, the majority of the songs sounding like they were crafted over a decade agone.

Jedi Mind Tricks have been responsible for some classic Hip-Hop music, including The Bister Probe EP and the perfect album Tearing Past Design. Since their second album however, the group have dropped material here and in that location that hasn't lived up to their commencement two releases and unfortunately, this LP is one of those disappointing ones.

The Bridge And The Abyss firstly suffers from a concept problem; the anthology starts with "Al Bid-Aya", and a philosophical question about God followed by some south Asian samples. But from that point onward we wander away from philosophy, religion, the afterlife, limbo, and eastern sounds into some strange realm where it seems the noughties never ended. For the nearly part, this album sounds like a generic hole-and-corner Hip-Hop album released in 2005; tracks similar "San La Muerte" start off okay but are let downward by a 50-Cent-esque, early on-noughties-sounding chorus…

"When The Torso Goes Cold" also starts off fine but once again this is ruined by a strangely out-of-date Nu-Rock-sounding hook and in "Legacy of the Prophet" (featuring the late, peachy Sean Price) there'south another chorus that sounds like information technology was devised two decades ago. Even when a vocal contains a nineties sample like "Torture Bedroom" (Rottin Razkals' "Oh Yes") information technology still comes off as noughties-esque. "Hell's Henchman" as well features a strangely out-of-date and corny chorus and "Marciano'due south Reign" sounds overly upbeat and sports an utterly horrible R'N'B hook…

When it comes to lyrics, they're not exactly earth-shattering either. "You Have One Devil Merely Five Angels" for case may sound similar an interesting title just it descends into contrived violence. "Certified Dope" contains a very basic rhyme scheme over an old-school Rock sound. Eamon's singing adds to the crossover feel, and the track comes across like something Pharrell would make and then perchance discard. "What She Left Behind" at to the lowest degree features a narrative, a ane-sided dispute betwixt a couple slightly reminiscent of RZA's Bobby Digital track "Domestic Violence" but thanks to the chorus and overall tone, it sounds more than similar something Eminem would accept made back in the day.

"God Forsaken" includes some impressive double-time rapping but alas this is ruined by the Army-chant-ish chorus, although compared to all the other noughties-sounding stuff, this is one of the about interesting songs on the album. The best song on the LP is "The Letter of the alphabet Concerning the Intellect", it doesn't incorporate whatsoever corny-sounding music and because of that it kinda sticks out in an album heaving with back-to-back out-of-style tracks.

The concluding song is somewhere between satisfying and a let-downwards. "Making A Killing" does contain a Pop chorus and a Hip-Pop beat out simply the topic of creature welfare is refreshing for the Hip-Hop genre. With the line "who are you to say what should be eaten or what's a pet?" nosotros get something meaningful in an anthology that for the most office sounds hackneyed, if only Thea Alana (who sounds like some kind of Paloma Faith-Lana Del Rey hybrid) didn't sing on this song it would be a memorable joint.

Fifty-fifty when the production is satisfying ("The Letter of the alphabet Concerning The Intellect") it's more "Muerte" than "Genghis Khan" and that'south unfortunate. I know that groups evolve and that their sounds change, but the soundscape of this LP isn't what'due south needed right now. What'due south missing in gimmicky Hip-Hop is that raw, dark audio that was present in virtually of Tearing By Design. Stoupe seems to be stuck in a weird radio-friendly rut, making music that seems to be fixed in the mid-point of JMT'southward career.

Another thing I'll add is that with Jus Allah leaving and then re-joining then leaving for good in 2013, the group has suffered from inconsistencies when it comes to their overall sound. Jus Allah was part of JMT'southward greatest album, the aforementioned Violent By Blueprint and without him, that matter-of-fact, macabre, relaxed-nonetheless-hardcore flow is nowhere to exist seen. Without Jus Allah, in that location's not much to differentiate between a solo Vinnie Paz anthology and a Jedi Mind Tricks album other than Stoupe making all the beats. If you want to hear a Vinnie Paz album you'd exist amend off listening to The Cornerstone Of The Corner Shop rather than this and if you desire a decent Vinnie Paz/Stoupe The Enemy Of Flesh album, this release will have you excavation out a copy of their Psycho-Social LP to reminisce over their origins.

At only under an hour in length, The Bridge And The Abyss isn't overly long just with more unappealing songs than appealing ones, it feels much longer. I cannot stress how much this album sounds like it should take been released in the mid-2000s. Ironically, in the mid-2000s, Jedi Mind Tricks were making decent albums similar Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell. It's highly unlikely that Jus Allah will re-bring together the group just this album will make yous yearn for the trio'due south sophomore magic.

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