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Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
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JERU THE DAMAJA Wrath of the Math (Payday/ffrr) Jeru the Damaja claims Wrath ''was created to SAVE hip-hop.'' He almost succeeds, but not without contradictions: Jeru expertly satirizes phony gangstas on ''Tha Bulls -- -,'' while casting himself as a ghetto superhero in ''Revenge of the Prophet (Part 5).'' But his positive rhymes ultimately win the day: Combined with DJ Premier's head-bobbing minimalist funk, Jeru tells it like it is like no other. B+
Posted Jan 10, 1997
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