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Pilot Talk II [PA]

Curren$y
1 disc

1. Airborne Aquarium
2. Michael Knight
3. Montreux
4. Famous
5. Flight Briefing - (featuring Trademark/Young Roddy)
6. Gee, A
7. Real Estates - (featuring Dom Kennedy)
8. Silence
9. Hold On - (featuring Trademark/Young Roddy)
10. Fashionably Late
11. Highed Up
12. O.G... (The Jar) - (featuring Fiend)
13. Michael Knight [Remix] - (remix)
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 02184
Credits

Producer Ski Beatz; The Senseis
Engineer
Audio Mixer: Cid D Kid.
Recording information: Haunted House Studios, New Orleans, LA; S.C.M. Recording Studio; Under 100, New York, NY.
Illustrator: David Barnett .
Call it anything but Pilot Talk II, and Currensy's second effort of 2010 is just straight-up solid, but put this sequel up against the original Pilot Talk -- released just five months previously -- and the nitpicking begins. Some tracks -- the few that barely cross the two-minute mark -- feel like loose ideas or interludes; plus, the overall feel of the album is so blunted, it's almost a mood piece, designed to provide cerebral hip-hop stoners their perfect soundtrack. That's not enough to sway the haters, but fans wouldn't mind if the underground and alternative rap star got ever more fragmented and narrow, and with the smart and innovative Ski Beatz handling the bulk of the production once again, they certainly won't mind Pilot Talk II. Spacy dreams of flight like the opening "Airborne Aquarium" alternate with more traditional numbers like the street single "Michael Knight," which is packed with meaningful verses and a memorable chorus. "Fashionably Late" comes with a brilliant, yet subtle, Souls of Mischief reference, and as far as features, the Wu-Tang's Raekwon is strong on the "Michael Knight" remix while Young Roddy threatens to steal the show during "Flight Briefing." Highly desirable for Currensy fans who like his material at its most loose and free, just don't start here. ~ David Jeffries
Critic Reviews

Billboard (p.72) - "[H]is wordplay remains tenacious....This PILOT TALK sequel relishes in the rapper's expanding set of skills."