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| 1 |
Till Suns In Your Eye
Featuring – Motion Man |
4:38 | ||
| 2 |
It's On
Featuring – Vakill |
3:48 | ||
| 3 |
She Who Is Tested
Vocals – Yarah Bravo |
3:36 | ||
| 4 |
Combustible
Featuring – Gift Of Gab, The |
3:13 | ||
| 5 |
Ghetto Rebels
Featuring – Phi-Life Cypher |
5:36 | ||
| 6 |
Revelations Well Expounded
Featuring – Killa Kela Vocals – Ulzula Dudziak* |
4:44 | ||
| 7 | The Harp Song | 3:15 | ||
| 8 |
The Pacifist
Vocals – Yarah Bravo |
4:49 | ||
| 9 |
In Control Vol. 3
Scratches – DJ Plus One |
1:52 | ||
| 10 |
Too Fun Aiye
Vocals – Ade Soma, G Ruff |
6:03 | ||
| 11 |
Who Me
Featuring – Demolition Man |
4:25 | ||
| 12 |
The Correct Size
Featuring – Promoe |
4:45 | ||
| 13 |
L'art D'écouter
Featuring – TTC |
5:01 | ||
| 14 |
That Which Is Coming
Vocals – Rev'd Clevie Brown |
6:19 | ||
| 15 |
Edie Brikell
Featuring – Slug |
3:35 | ||
| Video | It's On |
Other Versions (Showing 5 of 6) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening (CD, Album, Enh) | Sound Improvement | si31CD | Poland | 2002 | ||
| U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening (Instrumentals) (2xLP, Album) | Ninja Tune | ZEN 68 INST | UK | 2002 | ||
| U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening (CD, Album, Promo) | Ninja Tune | zenCD68P | UK | 2002 | ||
| U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening (CD, Album, Enh) | Ninja Tune | ZENCD68 | UK | 2002 | ||
| U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening (2xLP, Album) | Ninja Tune | ZEN 68 | US | 2002 |
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Reviews & Discussion
More sparse hip-hop from DJ Vadim on U.S.S.R THE ART OF LISTENING. Even "Till Suns In Your Eye" announces its own abstraction to a laidback wobble of drug and alcohol references. Yarah Bravo offers her own woozy vocals to "She Who is Tested" into a beat medley with a thick double bass, and a delicate conscious rap to "The Pacifist." Elsewhere the Gift of Gab puts in his pitter-patter lyrics to the test on "Combustible." The jazz and vocal textures of "Revelations Well Expounded" add a strong bit of contrast to the rappers elsewhere, which makes it an "The Harp Song" stand out all the more. Similarly, the African singing throughout "Too Fun Aiye" or the Asian string plucking on "The Correct Size" gives those tracks unique textures. And you can't go wrong with TTC and their smooth French lyrics breaking and entering on "L'art d'Ecouter." A mixed bag, certainly, but still worth some spins.
This volume of Vadim's USSR cycle is a bit disappointing. After the very impressive volume 'USSR Life from the other side', Vadim tries to capture an extended part of the musical spectrum in a hiphop record. This results in a somewhat incoherent album, however it surprises with a few surprisingly fresh guest appearances for example from TTC, Yara Brava and Demolition Man.
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