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| Rapreviews |
 The Onion recently rated Spike Lee's 25th Hour the second best movie of the decade (the best being Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). In making this choice, The Onion AV Club reasoned that 9/11 is the most defining moment of the last ten years and that 25th Hour is the best movie about 9/11. Fair enough, but what makes The Onion's characterization of 25th Hour as a “9/11 Movie” interesting is that the flick barely mentions September 11, terrorism, the Middle East, al Qaeda, etc. Rather, the film is so effective because, though an intimate, personalized narrative about a man's last night before going to jail, it captures the spirit of New York City struggling and surviving after the Towers fell. "Splitting Image," the latest from North Carolina native Kam Moye, more famously known under his former alias, "Supastition," takes a similar approach to the defining crisis of the second half of the Aughts – namely, the recession. Moye often alludes to America's overarching economic upheaval. On "Stars," featuring John Robinson he questions, "Am I enough to spit federal notes to keep my credit afloat?" and then comments that "there are two sides to being Kam Moye/one's a rapper; the other owes his landlord." He begins "Do What It Takes," featuring Buff1, by commenting that "It's hard to hold hope when folks po' and jobless." The LP is deliberately a product of our times and is a smarter album for it. Still, like 25th Hour, the work is first and foremost about the struggles of its protagonist. KM discusses himself with a well-rounded honesty nearly without parallel. On "Give Out, Give In," over a lonely, minimalist jazz-beat, the MC finds a remarkable middle ground between emo and uplifting in an authentic and vulnerable discussion of his "ten year bout" with depression. Concededly, our b-boy speaks well of himself a great deal, but instead of engaging in bland self-aggrandizement, he portrays himself as an adult who has been battling with himself for years and is finally winning. Lines like "I feel reborn like a Christian basking in holy water/I feel reformed like a prisoner free holding his daughter," speak to a genuine and gradually developed self-esteem, not an over-compensating machismo....full text |
| Avclub |
| The North Carolina rapper formerly known as Supastition has never had much use for the role-playing, posturing, and wish-fulfillment endemic to hip-hop. His national profile rose alongside an up-and-coming Netherlands producer named Nicolay (of Foreign Exchange semi-fame) when they collaborated on “The Williams,” a funny, sad, wondrously alive exploration of the past-due credit-card blues that won a contest to appear on ?uestlove’s first Okayplayer compilation. So it isn’t surprising that he’s traded in his prance-about stage moniker for his government name on his new album, Splitting Image. Here, Kam Moye eschews the punchlines, braggadocio, and battle-raps of his early work in favor of rigorous introspection. “Give Out, Give In” sensitively addresses his decade-long battle with suicidal depression, while other tracks deal with soul-sucking day jobs, the comfort of being in a supportive relationship, and the difficulties of teenage parenthood. In other words, Splitting Image’s subject matter is full of commercial poison, but stellar production from Vitamin D, Khrysis, Jake One, and M-Phazes, as well as inspired guest turns from Phonte, One Be Lo, and Zion make this sober exercise in soul-searching easy on the ears. Moye is never anything less than truthful; he’s so unrelentingly forthright and candid that song titles like “Let’s Get Honest” and “Reality Check” can’t help but seem a little redundant....full text |
| Popmatters |
| Formerly known as Supastition and as a battle MC and knight of the underground, the artist now known as Kam Moye focuses his energy in a positive direction. A lot of this album deals with making mistakes and earning forgiveness or second chances afterward. On songs like “Stars”. Moye will be very easy to relate to for some listeners. He’s clear in his message and backs it up with reasonably clever lyrics. The problem with this album is that, content aside, it doesn’t stand out musically, save for the sample for “Let’s Be Honest”. “Reality Check” sounds like a b-side to Torae & Marco Polo’s Double Barrel. “No Substitute” blends Black Milk and Oddisee, perhaps incoherently. While Veterano is the unlikely hero both times he produces, it’s hard to hear M-Phazes rehash Jay-Z’s “Song Cry” on “Don’t Forget”. Substantial just can’t shake that Bobby Glenn sample’s ghosts. “Nobody’s Fool” faces similar struggles, which is a shame because both songs aren’t doing much wrong besides fail to live up to previous entries in their genealogy....full text |
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