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- Summary: The latest full-length release from New York experimental rapper Elucid features guest appearances by Creature, Skech185, and billy woods.
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- Record Label: Fat Possum Records
- Genre(s): Experimental, Rap, Underground Rap, East Coast Rap, Left-Field Rap
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Oct 22, 2024The result is a frantic, jarring, and unpredictable effort which darts from breakbeat-fueled mayhem to noisy droning, all framing Elucid's persistent lyrics about caring for his family, struggling for survival and success inside a racist system, and maintaining hope.
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Dec 3, 2024Revelator is an exhausting listen in the best sense of the term. Skip at your own risk: Far from hip-hop homework, Elucid’s Revelator is a port of call in this storm, a howling document from the edge, muons in which we are all tomographers.
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The WireOct 22, 2024Undoubtedly Revelator will be lapped up by Elucid aficionados, but equally this may be the album that compels the wider world to pay attention. [Oct 2024, p.52]
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MojoOct 22, 2024REVELATOR is confrontational and sometimes uncomfortable (see CCTV’s shrill metallic screech), but always enthralling. [Dec 2024, p.91]
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Oct 22, 2024It’s a “breakout album” from an underground artist designed for the drama and spectacle of live performance as it is deep listening. But, more importantly, it’s soul food for those who know a better world is possible if we’re willing to fight for it.