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Gutter Tactics
by Dalek
This is the latest album for the New Jersey-based rap duo.
| LABEL: |
Ipecac |
| RELEASE DATE: |
27 January 2009 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rap, Alternative |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
Alternative Press
Gutter Tactics is another collection on which fans of rap radicals Public Enemy and drone-metal heavies the Melvins can find common ground. [Mar 2009, p.116]
80
Tiny Mix Tapes
I find it hard to find fault with their approach, which is same-y but laced with beats and rhymes so powerful they conjure the old ‘if it izain’t broke, don’t fixxit’ axiom.
80
All Music Guide
Disenchantment with the state of rap, and society as a whole, is a major underlying theme, but the statements never feel too preachy or in your face. Instead, the vocal freestyles hover just slightly above the music, delivered in an amorphous mumble that matches the sonic abyss of the background perfectly.
80
PopMatters
The record’s crowning achievement may be how truthfully Dälek convey this ambivalence through music, and in so doing, capture the spirit of a world where tragedy looms overhead, where hate is scarily effective, and where the victim and the victimizer are often the same person.
76
Pitchfork
The opening Wright sample is a hard look back at a year most people would already rather forget, but it's a perfect intro for Gutter Tactics, an album that draws much of its strength from the same well of outrage and disaffection.
75
The Phoenix
Gutter Tactics recalls the anger of the recent past and memories we'd like to leave behind--perfect timing.
70
Dusted Magazine
The music is progressive as hell, but this feels less and less like the right thing to be concerned with.
70
Under The Radar
Dalek may not be everyone’s idea of fun but splitting the difference between 2007’s "Abandoned Language’s" interstitial ambience and their nocturnal dins works well enough. [Winter 2009]
60
Urb
Dalek is like a fine beer...it is an acquired taste, but once you get past that part, it is delicious. This is demonstrated well on Gutter Tactics, his newest release.
60
cokemachineglow
Dälek have refined their work but their work has no reaching trajectory.
60
Uncut
Gutter Tactics lets a little light in, though, the glimmering, shoegazey 'We Lost Sight' being the surest glimpse yet of redemption within the gloom. [Mar 2009, p.82]
60
Spin
Refining Gutter Tactics' murky metal rap with subwoofer bass frequencies and fierce drum programming, MC Dälek and producer the Oktopus still find inspiration amid the noise.
50
Sputnikmusic
Gutter Tactics flow and overall rhymes pale in comparison to those found in "Abandoned Language." It is as if Gutter Tactics thick, doom sound that defined Dälek’s approach has now turned back and smothered any attempt at a unique change.
50
Slant Magazine
As they see it, new president or not, America is still a menace to the rest of the world. This will never change, and apparently, entrenched as they are in a morose pit of doom and gloom, neither will Dalek.
The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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