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The Cold Vein

Cannibal Ox | Format: Audio CD
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (5 July 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: ADA Global
  • ASIN: B00005BIVW
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 91,983 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Iron Galaxy
2. Ox Out The Cage
3. Atom
4. A B-Boys Alpha
5. Raspberry Fields
6. Straight Off The D.I.C.
7. Vein
8. The F-Word
9. Stress Rap
10. Battle For Asgard
11. Real Earth
12. Ridiculoid
13. Painkillers
14. Pigeon
15. Bonus Track

Product Description

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Cannibal Ox's Vast Aire Kramer and Vordul Megala Shamar have struck a cold vein in hip-hop and come up with digital gold. Digging for dignity in an iron galaxy, to raise human tragedy beyond the small black print of the crime pages, these rap Vikings write rhymes in the blood of the slain, spit-sacred thought in the service of salvation. With production by Company Flow's El-P (who also appears on the group's ghetto-vaudeville theme tune "Ox out the Cage" and the industry-sniping "Ridiculoid"), the backdrop to their rap reality-myth is a drone-heavy matrix of gritty, atomised funk and reconstructed beats. Alaska and Cryptic of Atoms Family (the larger group to whom Can Ox pledge allegiance) guest on "Atom", colliding with their compadres like charged molecules. While on "A B-Boy's Alpha" Vast and Vordul present a rugged primer to the strife life. Powered by a paralysing banshee-wail, "Raspberry Fields" douses the Beatles with brown acid and dumps them on the baddest corner on the block for a battle to the death with the flesh-eating MCs. Closer "Pigeon" unlocks the rock box, pitching bowed electric guitar with redemptive organ chords, while Vast takes flight with words that lick the air with violence and Vordul spreads melanin wings to shield his fellow warriors from horror. No bad blood here, just cold veins locked in pitched battle to rend the world from the grip of iron, and release its populous like ions. --Chris Campion

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hot like me nans water water in the pot 25 Aug 2001
By A. Coulter
Format:Audio CD
Yeah, tight. As the other reviewer says takes it from where co-flow left off. Superb mystical electronic El-p production, typical of the man, make this LP what it is. The MCing is hot though but it is the beats which give the piece it's character, and what a character! If you enjoyed funcrusherplus this is for you, I was disputing whether to buy this for some time as the group cannibal ox to me was something totally new, but my faith in the el producto paid off. Superlative tracks include 'Iron Galaxy' 'Straight of the D.I.C.' 'The F word'and 'Stress raps' although the whole album is so good this is very subjective. This is the sort of record which takes you away from the world, with it's other worldly sounds and qualities, almost a-kin to the blade runner soundtrack. Buy this, it's some of the most mature yet innovative and cutting edge hip hop you'll hear this year.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-altering 7 Jun 2002
By themilkmanofhumankindness@hotmail.com
Format:Vinyl
It's very difficult to find words to describe this album. It's an epic science fiction space opera, a unique, unearthly soundscape that makes me ache with pleasure to hear it. If the Gods listened to hip hop in Valhalla or on Mount Olympus, they would be listening to this. It sounds futuristic, yet old as the dawn of the Universe. It is the sound of science. It is the sound of quarks colliding. It sounds disjointed, distorted, warped, but seems simultaneously to fit together perfectly, elements of beats and rhymes meshing together to create unimaginable new musical compounds. It is dirty yet pure. It is beautiful yet ugly. It must be heard.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Trust the reviews people 10 Mar 2007
By A. C. Raymond
Format:Audio CD
Too often I've read over-zealous reviews on here and have been disappointed after buying and playing the cd a few times. I agree with the person above: the same thing happened to me a couple of years ago when I originally picked up 'The Cold Vein' - I foolishly left the cd languishing at the bottom of my pile after first listening 'cos I couldn't get my head around the production/beats or even the rhymes. It pains me now to think how long it took me to give Can Ox another spin.

Put simply, this is without a doubt one of the best albums I own, certainly the best hip-hop album. It's worth buying for 'Iron Galaxy' alone - surely the best intro to any hip-hop album ever?

Calling it a genius, monumental, genre-redefining piece of art is no exaggeration; the drony, inspired production by El-P is futuristic and yet, sounds so deep and earth-shattering as if it's been around forever, waiting for you to catch on; the beats are really tastefully chopped up and rearranged; Vaudel and Vast's rhymes and subject matter are based on their real experiences of living in NYC, but are expansive and intelligent and thought-provoking enough for anyone to get into..and their different styles do indeed perfectly compliment each other.

"Put a mic in front of me, and I'm gonna bless it,

hummingbird style, seventy times in one second."

All great art is hard to put into words so I'll shut up now and just say: "BUY THIS NOW!".
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Aesome & perfectly original
If you like hip hop you need to buy this. It may take a while to warm on you if you're used to smooth rap and traditional beats, but it'll be worth it. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. M. J. O'connell
5.0 out of 5 stars There really IS no going back after this
Imagine all of your very very best hip-hop collection in a major car crash.. ball of flames.. dead forever. Who did this??? CANNIBAL OX did this. This thing is beyond jaw-dropping
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by richie k
5.0 out of 5 stars A true hip-hop milestone.
From the outset this album is jammed full of witty and sharp rhymes that never descend into the expected contrived cliches territory that unhappily dominates a wide area of hip... Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2009 by Phurious
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius
Initially I found the unorthodox layered beats on The Cold Vein too much to take in. However, when I sat down one afternoon and listened to the whole album properly I realised... Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2006 by J. Stocks
5.0 out of 5 stars The Cold Vein-Intangible Dopeness
I would describe this album as first of all a classic,second of all as dope.When I say it has intangible dopeness i mean that it is a dopeness that you cannot explain. Read more
Published on 14 July 2006 by Brucepapoose
5.0 out of 5 stars you need this album
this is one of the best albums ,it has ill rhyme flavors and heavy orginal production by in my opinion the best producer in the game [el-p]it is so amazing that my vocabulary aint... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2005 by "lyricalrealmmaster"
5.0 out of 5 stars Cold veins, but heart warming.
I don't even know where to begin reviewing this album because words are not enough. Suffice to say that if you want proof that not all rap artists are gun obsessed misogynists... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2004 by N. Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
I bought this album only because i wanted something new to listen to, with this album getting five star reviews on here and it being on everybodys best of hip hop lists, i decided... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2004 by F. Dean
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the best compliment
I bought this album alongside MF Doom's operation doomsday, and i listened to them both quicky through and at first i liked them both, on a par, maybe i liked doom a bit better. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2004 by Russ
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece
Anything I say about this album would already have been said by the other reviewers, so I will keep it brief. Read more
Published on 25 May 2004 by T.Taylor
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