Expansion Team

by

Dilated Peoples

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Dilated Peoples is back with Expansion Team. This time around, they hook up with DJ Premier, Tha Liks, Alchemist, Da Beatminerz, Joey Chavez, Juju, Phil Da Agony, Defari and Black Thought and the result is a chillin' album which definately surpassed my expectations. The lyrics in some songs are a little more slow-paced than what I'm used to from Dilated Peoples, but fresh nonetheless. The production is dope, but I expect nothing less from DJ Babu, Alchemist, Premier & others. The entire album is excellent, but "Live on Stage", "Worst Comes To Worst", "Clock Work", "Heavy Rotation", "Proper Propaganda", "Pay Attention", "Night Life", "Hard Hitters" are definately the illest tracks. Buy it!

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After such a fine debut with "The Platform" it was always going to be very difficult to reproduces. Let me just say they got very near to it but just came up a little short in my opinion. Some of the solo tracks (which is a blueprint for all 4 of their albums) didnt really hit as hard as the group efforts. Tracks like "Proper Propaganda", "Panic" and "War" were just very average joints from an above average crew. The interludes from Phil da Agony and Defari seem completely unnecessary aswell. The key moments for this album were the single "Worst Comes To Worst" (1 of Alchemist's best beats ever with Dilated), "Live On Stage" (the perfect intro to any album/show), "Clockwork" (DJ Premier produced soundbomb), "Trade Money" (funky beat by Da Beatminerz) and the Liks featured "Heavy Rotation" (brilliant). With strong lyrics on every track and other solid tracks like "Self Defense", "Hard Hitters", "Pay Attention" and "Expansion Team Theme" we're given an very strong addition to the ever impressive Dilated collection.