Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher

One of the few albums that rivals Endtroducing as not only a fantastic job of chopping samples, but making a seriously catchy collection of tunes out of them and with a flow that barely any other album of the kind has, with a sound that belongs to the samples and to the arrangement simultaneously. Guillermo Scott Herren never stopped being interesting, but here he was at his most accessible with a very deserved hit.

This sounds fantastic!!!! Dead quiet with huge beats. One of the better sounding records in my collection. Definitely a top 200 in sound quality out of what I got :)

On Scott Herren's second Prefuse 73 outing, ONE WORD EXTINGUISHER, he continues the cut-up hip-hop that made his debut, VOCAL STUDIES + UPROCK NARRATIVES, explosive. His collaboration with Dabyre, "Uprock and Invigorate," certainly does both, while "Dave's Bonus Beats" skims into gospel territory. The songwriting seems to be more in effect here, sometimes in tandem with his musique concrete: "Detchibe" has no end to its funky soul; "Busy Signal" is unspeakably bouncy; "Perverted Undertone" hints at jazz; "Choking You" heads right into the digital divide. Even when Herren slows things down ("90% of My Mind is with You"), we can hear his careful craftsmanship. Herren hasn't lost his sense of humor, either, as evidenced by the "Altoid Addiction" interlude. Another triumph for Prefuse 73.

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