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Beauty and the Beat (2005)

Edan
Reviewed by Michael Endelman | Mar 28, 2005
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Mar 29, 2005; Lead Performance: Edan; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

This frizzy-haired white guy is a hip-hop savant, fond of bizarre samples (string quartets, grungy acid-rock, Israeli folk) and name-dropping hyper-obscure '80s rappers (Lakim Shabazz, anyone?). Not just a lo-fi lark, Beauty deftly flies between ego-boosting boasts and vibrant surrealism — ''I See Colours'' is the ''Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds'' of the backpack generation. One beef: At 34 minutes, this mind-bending trip wears off too quickly.

Originally posted Mar 28, 2005 Published in issue #813 Apr 01, 2005 Order article reprints

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