http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10268505&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.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 Indieen720Wed, 6 Jan 2010 05:08:58 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10268505&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.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=tra.10271699&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271699 tra.10271699 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Los Dangerous tra.10271699 326000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271699&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271699&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271702&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271702 tra.10271702 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Wants Vs. Needs tra.10271702 249000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271702&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271702&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271700&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271700 tra.10271700 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Haiku D'Etat tra.10271700 241000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271700&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271700&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270016&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10270016 tra.10270016 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 Calicomm 2004 alb.10268772 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/4/6/6/1326649_170x170.jpg 2005-10-04 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 true Ride Off In The Sunset tra.10270016 169000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270016&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270016&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271697&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271697 tra.10271697 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Non Compos Mentis tra.10271697 251000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271697&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271697&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271695&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271695 tra.10271695 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Kaya F/ P.E.A.C.E. (Extended Version) tra.10271695 236000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271695&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271695&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271704&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271704 tra.10271704 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Firecracker tra.10271704 286000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271704&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271704&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271698&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271698 tra.10271698 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Studio Street Stage tra.10271698 288000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271698&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271698&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271696&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271696 tra.10271696 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Wo Wo Wo Yeah Yeah Yeah tra.10271696 124000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271696&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271696&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271694&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271694 tra.10271694 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Slower Traffic To The Right tra.10271694 289000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271694&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271694&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270029&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10270029 tra.10270029 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 Calicomm 2004 alb.10268772 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/4/6/6/1326649_170x170.jpg 2005-10-04 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 true Place We Call Home tra.10270029 248000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270029&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270029&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270025&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10270025 tra.10270025 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 Calicomm 2004 alb.10268772 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/4/6/6/1326649_170x170.jpg 2005-10-04 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 true Purgatory tra.10270025 263000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270025&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270025&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270019&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10270019 tra.10270019 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 Calicomm 2004 alb.10268772 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/4/6/6/1326649_170x170.jpg 2005-10-04 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 true Live Set tra.10270019 302000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270019&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10270019&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061555&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061555 tra.11061555 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Coup De Theatre tra.11061555 350000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061555&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061555&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061549&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061549 tra.11061549 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Stoic Response tra.11061549 206000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061549&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061549&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061545&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061545 tra.11061545 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Intro tra.11061545 84000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061545&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061545&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271706&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271706 tra.10271706 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Other MC's tra.10271706 242000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271706&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271706&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271703&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271703 tra.10271703 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 S.O.S. tra.10271703 269000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271703&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271703&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061546&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061546 tra.11061546 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 "Mike, Aaron And Eddie" tra.11061546 245000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061546&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061546&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061547&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061547 tra.11061547 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Kats tra.11061547 262000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061547&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061547&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061548&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061548 tra.11061548 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Dogs tra.11061548 228000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061548&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061548&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061556&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061556 tra.11061556 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Built 2 Last tra.11061556 316000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061556&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061556&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061550&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061550 tra.11061550 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Transitions And Eras tra.11061550 299000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061550&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061550&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271701&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 10271701 tra.10271701 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Pro Tool Robots tra.10271701 193000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271701&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10271701&variant=data&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061554&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Indie Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Haiku D'Etat on Rhapsody Online 11061554 tra.11061554 Haiku D'Etat art.10268505 0.99 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 Top Qualified tra.11061554 332000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11061554&variant=play&rws=%2Fhaiku-detat%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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