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Album Review: Lost Children of Babylon - El's Appendices: Scroll of Lost Tales
Sorry for the inactivity guys, i decided to make up for it with this review since i've had this album on repeat for a while now. This is LCOB's 5th studio album, and the group had evolved positively in my opinion since their contribution to JMT's Psycho-Social. As always, their lyrics involve ancient egyptian themes, conspiracy theories, nuwaupian ideas, and mathematical bases. But in addition to these usual themes the group brings in chinese philosophy, freemasonry, and even some straight up hardcore hip-hop tracks. The track "Shang Tzu" featured chinese cultural influenced including several lines about confucius and the buddha. One of my favorite parts is the opening sample followed by a cut from Psycho-Social which surprised me. "Verbal Massacre" is exactly what the title infers, two of their new members straight up tear apart the micropone here. Both Lex Starwind and Jon Murdock with multisyllabic and internal rhymes, fast flows, and lyrics that will blow your mind. A classic underground rap song that has definately never been done on LCOB's older more spiritual albums. My favorite track is "The Entered Apprentice" by far. It's theme is undoubtedly about a freemasonic ritual, painted perfectly through Rasul Allah 7's verse. He paints the scene poetically from the first line saying "He was taken, kidnapped, blindfolded and hoodwinked by three master masons, dragged by the neck...". Richard Raw's verse at the beginning of this track has a trance inducing flow and a classic richard raw accent on every line. All in all, this album encompasses ideas from Where Light Was Created, Words from the Duat, and Zeitgeist: Spirit of the Age into an all new masterpiece. Producion wise, the album is better than any other previous project. From the classic styles of Rasul Allah and Cosmic Crusader to the new sound addition of Foundation's members, this album will keep me intrigued for some time for sure. Favorite Tracks: The Entered Apprentice, Right Knowledge, Mechanics of the Mind. Least Favorite Tracks: Where Light Was Created Part 2, Rise of the Machines Overall Rating: 9.1/10
