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New project of Earatik Statik producer & WLUW radio personality Lional Freeman. Brad Cawn of UR Chicago says "this looks, smells and sounds like the future of Chicago hip-hop; push and pull word play, shadowy back drops. Sometimes movements work in whispers, you know..."

Illinois Entertainer's Mark Fitzgerald Armstrong says, "... El takes a Beethoven-ish approach with the tone poems and impressionist verse on his Through The Cracks Of Concrete LP. West African percussion is blended with an industrial funk, trippy R&B, and steady hip-hop drum track. The apocalyptic "Pay Close Attention" addresses mentally transcending the hood, while the tours de force are found in Path's guest appearance on "Don't Hold Back" and Larry Milla's soliloquizing on "Under Hypnosis." Both bonus tracks manage to be simultaneously commercial-friendly and experimental.

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