Tracklist

#1 Begin
#2 Jovial Costume
#3 Angel Of Solitude
#4 Dying To Stay
#5 Getting By (version 2)
#6 Arrival
#7 Watching Water
#8 Opus Ashamed Featuring Dose
#9 Black Tea
#10 Inspirations Passing
#11 Pill Hiding
#12 Slow Motion People
#13 Final Act

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Alias / Other Side Of The Looking Glass

Anticon

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Street Date:
May 28th, 2002
Ship Date:
May 20th, 2002
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Street Date:
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The humble godfather of goth-hop and once-unsung seminal ironman of ANTICON, ALIAS avenges the downtrodden and abused producer-rapper. Composing music from his deepest shades, this irrefutable jack of all trades drops anchor with a debut solo full length intended to serve as hiphop's response to a Stevie Wonder record, with virtually all writing, composition, and production created by the artist himself. This collection of introspective lyrics rapped over ethereal, minor-chord drones, dark samples, and aggressive, dubbed-out drum beats was recorded in home studios between December 1998 and October 2001. The production is rainy-day contemplative and rhythmically menacing, and the mixes sound simultaneously calculated and spontaneous. As a complete record, the other side of the looking glass is serious and consistent, leaving the listener on the see-through side of a two-way-mirror with a clear sense of what it is to be alias.