Even in Darkness
| Even in Darkness | |
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| Studio album by Dungeon Family | |
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Publication |
November 19, 2001 |
| Label (s) | Arista Records / |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
58:41 min |
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Even in Darkness is so far the only album from Atlanta coming hip-hop - Supergroup Dungeon Family . Except for the last song, the " first generation " is almost exclusively represented on the album.
publication
Even in Darkness was released in November 2001 almost a year after the final breakthrough of OutKast , who are part of the Dungeon Family, to take advantage of their increased popularity. However, a best-of album from OutKast was released shortly afterwards , which was promoted more strongly by the record label LaFace than Even in Darkness . With 42nd place on the Billboard charts , it was unable to build on their successes. The single Trans DF Express could not place in the charts.
Track list
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Intro / Presenting Dungeon Family
- Produced by ET3 ( OutKast and Mr. DJ)
- Vocals from Backbone and Killer Mike
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Crooked Booty
- Produced by ET3
- Vocals by Cee-Lo , André 3000 , Sleepy Brown and Khujo
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Follow the light
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals by Sleepy Brown, Big Boi and Big Gipp
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Trans DF Express
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals by André 3000, Cee-Lo, Big Gipp, Backbone and Big Boi
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On & On & On
- Produced by ET3
- Vocals by Big Gipp, Big Boi, T-Mo, Witchdoctor and Khujo
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Emergency
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals from Big Gipp, Mello and Backbone
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Forever Pimpin '(Never Slippin')
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals from Cool Breeze
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6 Minutes (Dungeon Family It's On)
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals by Big Rube, Big Boi, Big Gipp, Witchdoctor, Khujo, T-Mo, Backbone and Cee-Lo
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White Gutz
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals by Big Boi, Bubba Sparxxx , Big Gipp, Khujo, Cee-Lo and Sleepy Brown
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Rollin ' featuring Society of Soul
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals by André 3000, Sleepy Brown, Big Rube and Cee-Lo
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They comin '
- Produced by ET3
- Vocals by T-Mo and Khujo
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Excalibur
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals by Big Gipp, Big Rube, Cee-Lo and Khujo
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What iz rap?
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals by Witchdoctor and Big Rube
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Curtains (2nd generation)
- Produced by Organized Noize
- Vocals from Killer Mike, Lil 'Brotha, ChamDon, BlackOwned C-Bone, Concrete, Blvd. International, Supa Nate and Slim Cutta Calhoun
Reviews
The album received mostly positive reviews and, like Stankonia , often compared to the P-Funk works of George Clinton . According to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Clinton is "one of the few who are able to penetrate as far into the musical future and past as the Dungeon Family."
“Even In Darkness” picks up where “Stankonia”, Outkast's brilliant album last year, left off. It's an epic futuristic funk production that spans gospel to the latest electronics and leaves the usual parameters of hip-hop or R'n'B far behind. There is nothing here that can be described as “minimal”. And if an extended moan over a beat is already being sold as a song today, baroque opulence prevails on this album . Sophisticated structures and innumerable tonal resources are linked with intricate rhythms and powerful instrumentation. "
The All Music Guide only gives the album three out of five points due to the lack of “ Ms. Jackson -quality songwriting ”, but, besides the raps of the members, the production is praised and Even in Darkness is still one of the most creative rap albums published in 2001.
"(...) despite the wealth of talent on Even in Darkness , you can't help feeling a little disappointed - the end result isn't quite equal to the sum of its parts. (...) as wonderful as this album's production is, the songwriting is lacking. Everyone wants to rap on this album - over a dozen Family members, to be precise - but no one seems interested in writing songs. "
RapReviews.com praises the album and gives it nine out of ten points.
"The hallmark of this album is soul - no matter which song you are listening to, the deep funk of it seeps through the headphones and envelops you like a fog. (...) [They] prove that there's no reason that shaking your ass and freeing your mind shouldn't go together in the same track at the same time. "
"Most hip-hop posse albums are more neighborhood charity projects than all-star jam sessions, but Even in Darkness is a great success, every bit as cohesive (and at least as good) as the latest release by a certain Staten Island confederation of roughly equal size. "
swell
- ↑ All Music Guide : Biography of the Dungeon Family
- ↑ Biography about OutKast ( memento of the original from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b NZZ Online : “With a large ladle to the baroque sound” , December 27, 2001
- ↑ a b The Village Voice : “So Stank, So Clean” , January 1, 2002
- ↑ a b Review on RapReviews.com , November 27, 2001
- ↑ All Music Guide : Review of Even in Darkness
