- Audio CD (Jan 11 2012)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Temporary Residence
- ASIN: B00006WL0V
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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1.0 out of 5 stars
cex should not rhyme,
By A Customer
This review is from: Being Ridden (Audio CD)
I have had great respect for Cex's ability to create amazingly complex and emotional beats. However, this latest effort, with his attempts to rhyme on nearly every track, is ridiculously amateur. I greatly enjoy intelligent and underground hip hop, and this is neither, but is trying unsucessfully to bridge the gap between electo and hip hop. Granted, there are a lot of emotions Cex needs to get out, and he has every right, but I wish I'd never bought this album. My advice to him would be "Try a song or two out before you go all out and do an entire album in a new style like this." I bought this album blindly at a record store, expecting much from this young, talented man. I was terribly disappointed with Being Ridden, and will now have to second guess and heavily research anything I'm considering from him now. Yes, I am a jaded downtempo aficianado...
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant,
By "qualitycafe" (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Being Ridden (Audio CD)
"tall dark and handcuffed" was a pretty good album, but it didnt really hold my attention they way cex's earlier stuff had. it seemed almost as if he were putting the instrumentation on the back burner, neglecting it in favor of his lyrics, which were clever in and of themselves.on "being ridden", however, both the vocals and the music are much stronger. i got the instrumental version first, and was instantly impressed. this is definately the same rjyan who made "role model" and "oops i did it again". except, "being ridden" sounds fuller somehow. more fleshed out...it doesnt sound like someone on a laptop. the accoustic guitar really sounds good on this record. over on the vocal version, it's hard not to be impressed. obviously cex has grown a lot as a singer/MC since "handcuffed". he definately seems to know his own strenghts and weaknesses. "being ridden" (either version, but especially the vocal one) is the best album cex has ever done. he's got scary talent, and i can only imagine how good his next LP will be. .
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cex go!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Being Ridden (Audio CD)
If this is your first Cex album, you've skipped ahead to the good parts. I've been following this kid since Role Model, and he's going to hit it so hard with this one. He rocks the house live, but this album makes me smile along with him--talking about 7th grade social life and then running into your 7th grade girlfriend later and not knowing what to say; talking about how all pop songs are about break ups, bad break ups, and that rappers and britney spears are singing about the same thing. This Baltimore kid knows what's up, real life, real cities, real people, real songs, real expression. His voice isn't perfect, but there's something about the sweet guitar on this album that makes you sing along. "middle finger to the indie rock singer," says Cex, cuz he'll be around much longer than what's that band... the Strikes? the strokes?
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