Postcards From the Third Rock

by LoDeck & Omega One

This is a bit of a bizarre product. First, there's the album art, which is very reminiscent of mid-90s ambient projects - very Future Sound of London - promising a sound that is nowhere to be found on the disk.

Then, there are the songs themselves. Omega One is a gifted producer - his solo album was very nice when it dropped a couple of years ago. LoDeck is an average MC. He has some nice turns of phrase, but he doesn't switch up his delivery very much, and over the course of an entire album, he just starts to sound monotonous.

The sound here is kind of out of date. I like Omega One's beats - there is a second disk with the instrumentals, as he goes for a dark, Army of the Pharoahs type of sound. Most of the songs aren't too memorable, although 'Still Cambodia', with Jak Progresso, is brilliant. Other guests include Invizzibl Men and C-Rayz Walz.