Personal Journals [Explicit Lyrics]

1. Crack Pipes

2. Different

3. Personal Journalist

4. Inherited Scars

5. Climb Trees

6. Broken Wings

7. Strange Famous Mullet Remover

8. Smoke and Mirrors

9. Message Sent

10. Eviction Notice

11. Pitchers of Silence

12. Specialist

13. Hopeless

14. Kill Ya? Momz

15. Black Sweatshirt

16. Cup of Tea

17. My Name Is Strange

18. Runaways

Personal Journals,Sage Francis,Anticon,Alternative Rap,Pop,Rock,Underground Rap

Average customer rating:

The right man, raise up one hand now, I'm taking you down

One of the best albums out there!

Lyrical Abstraction at its finest...

Extreme fluctuations and temperature changes...

Sage converted me to gangsterism

Personal Journals
Sage Francis
Manufacturer: Anticon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000063Y38
Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

Crack Pipes
Different
Personal Journalist
Inherited Scars
Climb Trees
Broken Wings
The Strange Famous Mullet Remover
Smoke & Mirrors
Message Sent
Eviction Notice
Pitchers Of Silence
Specialist
Hopeless
Kill ya' Momz
Black Sweatshirt
Cup of Tea
My Name Is Strange
Runaways

Album Description

Sage is an accomplished spoken word poet and emcee with several competitive titles to his name within both genres. He also performs with a live band, Art Official Intelligence, and together with Joe Beats and DJ Perseus, forms the Non-Prophets. He is equal parts serious and silly, but never fails to be entertaining. 18 tracks. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

The right man, raise up one hand now, I'm taking you down.......2006-11-03

The first word that springs to mind, having just listened again to this album, is "depth". As mentioned in another review he verges on poetry to a hip-hop beat, but to typecast his sound as hip-hop would not give credit to the range of live instruments, issues, tones and styles he demonstrates or comments on.
It really is a great album but I can imagine if you are expecting the commercial sound of Busta, Elliot, Eminem etc. you are not going to get the gangster hip-hop sound you are used to.

In summary It's one continuous, refined and well produced, piece of music. But as always with something complexed you owe it to yourself to listen to the tracks Amazon provide.

One of the best albums out there!.......2006-10-13

The ones who are trash-talking this album are probably less intelligent beings. Or maybe they just feel insecure because Sage is turning hiphop into almost everything it's not. Or wasn't.

This album is great. The songs are well crafted and some of them are unforgetable classics. This masterpiece is, without a doubt, the best CD Sage has given us, and definetly one of my personal top 10's. But if you're looking for songs about ca$h and crime, where curse words are used to fill out the blanks and women are constantly referred to as 'hoes' or 'bitches', don't buy this.

Lyrical Abstraction at its finest..........2006-04-19

I have nothing to add to the brilliance of this record...there are over eighty entries below mine, but Personal Journals did affect my whole outlook on hip-hop when I first heard it four years ago, and made me see and appreciate this gifted emcee in a whole new light. Personal Journals is a triumph of a debut album that succeeds in every regard. From "crack pipes" on, the album seems to weave itself and at times you forget that the tracks are independent of each other since they are so finely intertwined. Sage's spoken wordplay is awe-inspiring and not at all watered down from his "sick of..." releases. The choice of producers adeptly complement his lyrics, and Personal Journals should be appreciated for what it really is: a classic on par with any of the best old-school hip-hop.

Extreme fluctuations and temperature changes..........2006-03-19

Sage Francis is a phenomenal battle emcee. It doesn't show on this album...Fortunately Sage is also an incredible poet, and that shows on this album like red on white. To get a few things out of the way before I go into track listings I'll tell you if you are a fan of good rap then you should probably buy this album. If you like Cassidy, don't buy it...or buy it to shoot it with your gat. Sage Francis is "Different in a Different Way" and if you have never heard him before he may take some getting used to.

You will have to listen to some songs multiple times just to hear some incredible wordplay lines like "If you ever need to paint with razorblades and need a canvas use my skin," from Inherited Scars or to understand the layed on intracicies of a song like "Runaways."

Obviously there are no songs necessary to skip on here, but some stand out more than others. Some of my favorite tracks are: Crack Pipes, Personal Journalist, Inherited Scars, Broken Wings, Smoke and Mirrors, Eviction Notice, and Runaways.

If there is anything this CD is missing it's lack of collaborations, which isn't unusual for Sage or for his type of hip-hop-however I like the work he's done in the past with artists like Sixtoo, Buck 65, Slug, and Brother Ali (Doomage). This CD is very replayable, and although not the best from Sage darn close.

Sage converted me to gangsterism.......2006-02-02

Ok, joking. I'm no gangster, but I definitely have a huge appreciation for rap/hip hop after hearing Mr. Francis. He's simply amazing! His music is art--original and mind-blowing. His lyrics are like spoken-word poems, so powerful and passionate.

I use to despise rap/hip hop, as if it were some mainstream poison my educated ears could not handle. Now I love it, all thanks to Sage.

This album displays Sage's poetic talent at its best. He's a deep, thoughtful man. His other stuff is good, but not as spectacular as Personal Journals. Sage will always be my homie.