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Self Titled

AWOL One (Rap)
1 disc

1. Make
2. Believe
3. Time
4. Slide
5. S.O.T.F.
6. Antisocial
7. Matters
8. Grow
9. Memowrecks
10. Fears
11. Fatalove
12. Realeyes
13. On
14. Push
15. Take
16. Gagbuster
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 2079
Credits

Producer Kutmasta Kurt; L.A. Jae; Michael Nardone; Transducer; Evidence; Kutmasta Kurt; Mike Nardone
Engineer Mike McMullen
Personnel: AWOL One ; Die (vocals); Transducer (guitar); Andre Afram Asmar (percussion); DJ Roach, J. Rocc, L.A. Jae (scratches); Circus , 2Mex, Abstract Rude, Radioinactive, Busdriver.
Audio Mixers: Booker T. Jones III; Mike McMullen.
Recording information: Pontification Plant; Total Access; Transplant.
Named one of the "Next Big Things" by Spin and one of the "Top Ten Rappers From Hip Hop's Bleeding Edge" by Urb, AWOL One justified neither of those plaudits with Self Titled. Possessing a low, cracking voice that he can occasionally raise into a tuneless croon, he makes a fair bid as a hip-hop underachiever who doesn't need tight rhymes, beefy productions, or an epic sound to make it -- though rap fans could easily debate whether an artist lacking all of these qualities can still succeed. AWOL One recruits a few name producers (KutMasta Kurt, Evidence from Dilated Peoples, Transducer), but he rarely plays up to the level of these tracks (and admittedly, the producers don't sound inspired either). ~ John Bush
Critic Reviews

Spin (p.108) - "His sixth album's best songs are claustrophobic - muffled sonics under happenstance rhyme patterns."