WOW!!!!!
Tye that fly guy from the west side | OdoubbleT (Canada) | 09/22/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Man-o-man! This was the first Buck 65 album I ever purchassed. I remember hearing some of his stuff late night on CBC Radio in Canada and thinking "what the fu_ is this??" I loved it right away. Needless to say I couldn't find anything on this guy. I checked out his website and even went to the underground record stores in the city and no one had it. Finally I found a copy of Vertex and on the cover was a crazy guy on the phone with a gas mask on. On the back was no track listings and just an ad for the distributor (Four ways to Rock - a b-boy doing a head spin).
So I'm thinking alright.... I get home and open the case to an all black cd. No booklet on the back of the album cover all it said was " artwork by some dude (can't remember his name - sorry) and everything else by Buck 65. To make a long story short Buck saved me. I had totally given up on hip hop (this was back in 99)Tribe was no more De La was quiet Outkast was cool but Buck came with it. Buck opened my ears to the likes of Anitcon etc. But still to this day he is my Hip-Hop hero. I met him in Ottawa before a show and told him all of this and he replied "Thanks Man, enjoy the show" So modest so cool so fresh so...get up off your ass and get it. It will blow you away
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Buck 65 - 1200 Hobo Metaforensic- Classic
7th Angl | Ontario, Canada | 02/26/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I possess the Warner import of this classic, and am very reproachful for it, since I can recall many occasions when I simply passed off this Nova Scotian back in the late nineties, despite entreaties from a friend who knew Buck personally, and ignored Vertex entirely. The Metaforensics release has better artwork and is superior to the Warner release.
Anyway, each track of this album (actually Language Arts Pt 2) is episodic and replete with original themes and diverse wordplay. Buck 65's lyrics and whisperish delivery are not on par with anyone else in the game, and always starkly original. At times it appears as though he is attempting to let us in on little jokes and reflections coherent to only himself, but there are also many anecdotes and structure. He also does not fail behind the boards, and this is quite fortunate for there are probably only a handful of producers who could have achieved the sound Buck was vieing for with Vertex.
A great introduction to Buck 65 and his Language Arts series, though part 1 (96) is missing from Amazon's catalogue."
Track Listings (18) - Disc #1