http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10268505&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rssJust as California cool jazz smoothed out the more dissonant and terse aspects of bop, so does the West's brand of rap lyricism strive toward the more fluid and melodic. Rarely has the rap ensemble worked as well as it does here, and it works not by highlighting the individual rapper's differences, as is usually the case, but rather by emphasizing the similarities. Aceyalone's interlocking phonetic exercises snuggle against Abstract Rude's ragga-inflected raps, while Mikah 9 smoothes everything out with a more relaxed, if not less complex, approach. It all works unbelievably well, and their 1999 self-titled debut is among the most celebrated disks to come out of the West Coast underground scene. Supreme pop critic Robert Christgau even placed the poorly distributed album on his year-end Dean's List. - Sam ChennaultWest Coast Indieen720Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:25:53 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10268505&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss Just as California cool jazz smoothed out the more dissonant and terse aspects of bop, so does the West's brand of rap lyricism strive toward the more fluid and melodic. Rarely has the rap ensemble worked as well as it does here, and it works not by highlighting the individual rapper's differences, as is usually the case, but rather by emphasizing the similarities. Aceyalone's interlocking phonetic exercises snuggle against Abstract Rude's ragga-inflected raps, while Mikah 9 smoothes everything out with a more relaxed, if not less complex, approach. It all works unbelievably well, and their 1999 self-titled debut is among the most celebrated disks to come out of the West Coast underground scene. Supreme pop critic Robert Christgau even placed the poorly distributed album on his year-end Dean's List. - Sam Chennault http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10268899&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 4 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Haiku D'Etat Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.10268899 alb.10268899 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 8.99 Haiku D'Etat alb.10268899 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/2/3/4/1344325_170x170.jpg 2005-10-04 00:00:00.0 2004-10-26 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10268899&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10268899&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7225975&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Haiku D'Etat Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.7225975 alb.7225975 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.0 Haiku D'Etat [Red Urban/Decon] alb.7225975 2004-10-26 00:00:00.0 2004-10-26 00:00:00.0 false false http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7225975&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7225975&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.6665314&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Haiku D'Etat Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.6665314 alb.6665314 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.0 Coup de Theatre alb.6665314 2004-10-19 00:00:00.0 2004-10-19 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.6665314&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.6665314&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.11060584&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Haiku D'Etat Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.11060584 alb.11060584 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 8.99 Coup De Theatre alb.11060584 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/7/4/3/1333478_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2004-10-19 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.11060584&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.11060584&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Fdiscography.rss