Omid

Editor's Review:

Producer Omid Walizadeh’s Monolith is among the most recent in a deluge of a type of album that has become pretty standard in indie hip-hop: the producer’s compilation, which generally contains both instrumental numbers and tracks that feature flavor-of-the-month MCs with underground cred. Despite the presumable pitfalls, however, Omid has put together a pretty impressive record, more dynamic than the title suggests, and rife with both sick beats and rhymes of conviction. Standouts include the sinister and merciless “I’m Just A Bill” featuring Iodine rapper Spoon, the whimsically dark and poetic “Double Header” featuring Anticon Canuck Buck 65, and the instrumental “Ripple Study,” a laid back and absorbing blend of organic and electronic sounds.
– Max Sidman
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Record Label Mush Released September 2003

Tracks Arrival / Departure Robert E. Ripley (featuring Hymnal) Up Live From Tokyo (featuring Luckyiam, PSC, Slug, Aceyalone, Murs and DJ Drez Sound Of The Sitar Double Header (featuring Buck 65) Research Myth Behind The Man (featuring Abstract Rude and 2Mex) Speakers Hot I’m Just A Bill (featuring Spoon of Iodine) Ripple Study Shock And Awe (featuring Busdriver) Always Being Born Club Apotheosis (featuring Hymnal)