One Word Extinguisher

Product Description
Prefuse 73, also known as musical wiz kid Scott Herren, drops the highly anticipated follow up to 2001s seminal Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives. The CD features an eclectic mix of futuristic, next-level productions. 21 tracks packaged in a Digipak. Warp Records. 2003.

Tracks:

The Wrong Side of Reflection (Intro)
The End of Biters-International
Plastic featuring Diverse
Uprock and Invigorate a Prefuse (produced by Dabryre)
The Color of Tempo
Dave's Bonus Beats
Detchibe
Altoid Addiction-Interlude
Busy Signal (Make You Go Bombing Mix)
One Word Extinguisher
90% of My Mind is With You
Huevos With Jeff and Roni featuring Mr Lif on a minidisc mic
Female Demands
Why I Love You
Southerners-Interlude
Perverted Undertone
Invigorate
Choking You
Storm Returns with Tommy Guerrero
Trains on Top of the Game
Styles That Fade Away With a Collonade-Reprise

Album Description

Prefuse 73, also known as musical wiz kid Scott Herren, drops the highly anticipated follow up to 2001s seminal Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives. The CD features an eclectic mix of futuristic, next-level productions. 21 tracks packaged in a Digipak. Warp Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Modern Day Masterpiece.......2006-09-23

For the longest time, in terms of electronica/hip-hop innovation and fusing, I didn't think anything would get very close to only a handful of people out there that have already established themselves as legends in their field (DJ Shadow, Blockhead, RJD2, Fatboy Slim, etc). But this...I haven't listened to an album this long and hard in a while, my goodness. Being a producer myself, Prefuse makes every beat on here complex technically but remarkably simple composition-wise, perfectly mixing techno/electronica and hip-hop funk and soul based styles in the process. It's somehow innovative without trying to be, it overwhelms you with brilliance, and yet it allows you to get a different vibe every time you listen. Stuff like this is flat out RARE, therefore I don't quite understand why some reviewers on here call this "overrated." A must purchase for any electronica or hip-hop fan.

Matmos and Animal Collective, electrified........2006-01-18

I've just started listening to these guys and it ROCKS.

It's not for everyone, but if you like Matmos (The Civil War), Aphex Twin, the downtempo style, and most of what everyone calls Animal Collective's "non-music", then you'll find much to love here.

Beautiful disjointed half-songs, samples of this and that, but really anything that conforms to the basic beat--or at least vibe--that is still interesting enough that it translates into pure brilliance.

Very, very nice.

Wicked!!.......2006-01-13

Prefuse's best album to date. A mesmerizing assortment of glitchy, rap and IDM infused, breakbeats.

Awesome .......2005-10-22

This is nothing but a perfect fusion of IDM and Hip-Hop / Rap, masterfully executed by a genius of rhythmic innovation.

Prefuse at his best.......2005-07-31

This album changed the way I saw music. Scott Herren (Prefuse) uses synthesised sounds to create a beautiful textured harmonic landscape over crisp yet original and 'quirky' sounding hip hop beats that are produced with precise definition. However, 'hip hop' is too restrictive a term, and although I love the genre, Prefuse uses a higher complexity of rhythm (a fan of the triplet, and shuffled beat rhythms) and of course in 'hip hop' I am referring only to the beats, it is what he lays on top that makes it what it is. If you produce tracks yourself, you will fall in love with the technical prowess displayed in this album, if not, you will recognise it anyway and love it - it is the close attention to 'sonics' that really seperates him from most other musicians, he seems to highly value the importance of the actual 'sound' as well as the rhythm, harmony, melody, dynamics, what we all consider to be the fundamental defining factors of music. You can listen to his music on a superficial level and enjoy, even put it on at parties, the beats have groove and punch, like a lot of good hip hop, but there is a much deeper level that lurks beneath and would take a concentrated listen to appreciate. Prefuse 73 has one of the most distinct sounds I have heard in a while and I believe many people are trying to imitate him, but nobody has yet surpassed him, or come close. You needn't be into hip hop or electronica to enjoy this album as some reviews might lead you to believe. Trust me - it's awesome.