'California-based rapper, producer, and DJ AWOL One (aka Tony Martin) can't be pinned down to a specific sound or vision, which is a good thing. His ninth album (including collaborations), The War of Art, is an almost defiantly underground statement, featuring a mix that's so muddy and {lo-fi} that it has to have been a deliberate artistic choice. For most of the album, the beats are similarly low-key, with the distorted faux-Middle Eastern whine of The Drums being the primary standout simply by virtue of...   [ read more ]

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'The title makes it plain: coming quickly after 2003's muddled, unfocused Self Titled, Rebirth is AWOL One's hitting of the reset button. It's a much stronger collection of songs overall, and the album's high points are among the best things AWOL One has ever done. The creepy Flying Spiders has a woozy, almost psychedelic feel akin to early De La Soul filtered through a bongload of cheap weed, and Sum Times puts a hypnotic sung hook and laid-back rhythm against some of the most impassioned verses on the a...   [ read more ]

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