Illogic – Celestial Clockwork (Vinyl Reissue) (2004-2021) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

This reissue includes a bonus track: “Say The Word”. There’s no question that Illogic may leave listeners far behind when his rocket lifts off, but his format is just as valid as simplistic party music raps, thugged out gangster melodies, and  teachings from weary world-scarred industry veterans. In the diaspora of rap, each has their place, and logically speaking could not exist without each other since they all spring from the same cultural wellsource.

The epoxy bonding this clockwork orange together is Illogic’s excellent use of the english language and Blueprint’s excellent use of a 48-track production board. Songs can by turns be as spacy and ethereal as “Time Capsule” featuring Aesop Rock and Vast Aire, as acid-tripped as “Hollow Shell (Cash Clutch)” or as down to earth and funky the piano jazz funk of “Lesson in Love.”

This is in large part a somber album though, well-produced and well-executed but often struggling to lift the weight of it’s own musical mass and logically one must note the irony given the name of his record label. After four years of underground classics like “Unforeseen Shadows”  and “Got Lyrics?” though it’s refreshing to see that some things never change. Blueprint is still a maestro of understated beauty, Illogic is still one of rap’s most underrated poets, and Weightless still believes in releasing albums that set their own standards rather than following trends. These facts make “Celestial Clockwork” a testament to both Illogic as an artist and the potential of hip-hop when rationality and irrationality are intertwined into dope music.

Tracklist:

A1. Intro
A2. The Only Constant (Feat. Blueprint)
A3. Birthright
A4. 1,000 Whispers
B1. Time Capsule (Feat. Aesop Rock & Vast Aire)
B2. Celestial Clockwork
B3. Hollow Shell Cash Clutch
B4. Lesson In Love
C1. First Trimester
C2. Live To Die
C3. Stand (Feat. Slug Of Atmosphere)
D1. My World
D2. I Wish He Would Make Me
D3. Say The Word (Feat. Shepard Albertson)

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare