Lonely Superstar

Description

Lonely Superstar is the solo debut album by the American hip-hop artist Playdough (Douglas William Krum Jr. of Ill Harmonics, Phonetic Composition, and Deepspace5 fame), released on BEC Recordings’ hip-hop imprint Uprok in 2002, a division of Tooth & Nail Records. The album was produced by Harry Krum (a.k.a. Playdough), except track 3 produced by Beat Rabbi, track 5 produced by DJ Skillspinz, as well as track 8 and 12 produced by Freddie Bruno.

The prolific Playdough needs no introduction with his trade mark mix of sounds featuring the acoustic melodic signature of Ill Harmonics contrasting with the starker Phonetic Composition vibe. A tad predictable in places and I couldn’t shrug the nagging feeling that Playdough and Knight sounded richer a couple of years back. That said, the tracks that work on this CD are superb and memorable. So, check out the beautifully bass-centric «You Will Listen». The pounding «Seeds Of Abraham» (there’s a track that needs serious air play!) and the unusual indie hybrids «Clappy Valentino» and «Simple 1» a couple of true head nodders. A bit more direction and consistent quality and this would have been a cracking album, worth a spin though, if you like your Playdough. [T A Sutherland, Cross Rhythms, May 2003]

> Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/lonely-superstar/723536977)

CD tracklist:

01. You Will Listen
02. Seeds Of Abraham
03. 5 Cent Needleheads
04. Clappy Valentino (Clapyourhands)
05. Shadow Dance (feat. LMNO)
06. Lonely Superstar
07. Freedom Fighters (feat. Jurny Big)
Sivion’s Poem
08. Simple 1
Family Reunion
09. Verbal Tea
10. Retract The Feedback (feat. Freddie Bruno)
11. Mr. Mike R. Fone
12. Soul Brothers (feat. Manchild)
13. 1/4 Inchin’
14. Palm Sunday
15. Supreme Service (feat. Joey The Jerk and J-Beits of LA Symphony)

Note: Track 6 contains portions of “Pen Pals” by Phonetic Composition and “Stardust In June” by Labklik while track 12 contains portions of “Quantize The Concrete” by BPM. Available at Bandcamp:
https://playdough.bandcamp.com/album/lonely-superstar
Lonely Superstar 20th Anniversary Remixes:
https://playdough.bandcamp.com/album/lonely-superstar-20th-anniversary-remixes

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