It is the best Madlib beat I have ever heard. The many different melodies change and integrate with each other. The mid-tempo beat just glides along as the very complicated and melancholy orchestra melodies have both a sad and angelic quality. "Falling", one of the best songs on the album, is mainly a spoken-word piece over an incredible Madlib beat. Many of the songs on "A Lil Light" work because of the emotion and the honesty that is heard and felt from Perkins. Everything Declaime (or Dudley Perkins) has created has been interesting and always tapped into certain emotions. Yesterday's New Quintet is even on 2 tracks but that is not a big surprise since YNQ is just another dimension (or five) of Madlib's persona. Vocally, his off-key and high-pitch singing sounds like Damon Albarn's work with Gorillaz. In some ways, he style is reminiscent of Mark E. Basically, there's a very well produced Madlib beat and Perkins sings his lines over and over again like a mantra. While many of the songs do not have a typical or standard song structure, most of them work well. Fueled by some incredible production by Madlib, Dudley Perkins has found a way to tackle issues ranging from God, jail, his mother, money, drugs, women, space, and even nuclear war. Dudley Perkins fits in to the second category. Second, there are those singers who do not have an amazing voice but they do have something important to say. First, there are the ones who have stellar voices but they usually sing other people's songs and those songs have a more commercial style or appeal. Many critics say that there are 2 kinds of singers in the world. While Perkins does have an extremely unique sounding voice, he's not a true singer. Even though Perkins released the single "Flowers" (where he sang), I don't think people were expecting an entire album. Dudley Perkins' "A Lil Light" is something that we weren't expecting. Wildchild, Lootpack, Quasimoto, The Funky 16 Corners compilation, are all worth checking out. Stones Throw is a record label that has always put out quality material. "A Lil Light" is that album released under the name Dudley Perkins (his real name). While Declaime hasn't given up on rapping, he has released an album of just him singing and doing spoken word over beats produced by Madlib. California's own Declaime is doing it too but in a different way. Q-Tip, John Forte, Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob all began singing instead of rapping. While Lauryn Hill was one of the first to do this (and do it right), many others followed in her footsteps. More and more it seems like rappers and emcees are changing their style and releasing albums filled with singing instead of rapping.
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