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Cage

Rating: NNN


Since 2005’s highly acclaimed Hell’s Winter, NYC rapper Cage hasn’t made much noise. But during this time away, he’s reinvented his sound. Whether rhyming over ominous metal riffs (Teenage Hands) or eerie, cascading strings (I Found My Mind In Connecticut), Cage transcends typical boom-bap-style hip-hop.

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Depart From Me’s dark, drug-heavy subject matter prompts comparison to Eminem’s Relapse, but Cage’s marble-mouthed delivery, cryptic lyricism and tortured history differentiate the two. Production by El-P, Aesop Rock and F. Sean Martin gives this album that trademark Def Jux feel, but the rock-driven direction of a few tracks may be a deal-breaker for fans of Cage’s earlier sound.

Top track: I Found My Mind In Connecticut

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