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From Exclaim! at
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/offwhyte-fifth_sun

"the driving force behind The Fifth Sun's 14 tracks is Offwhyte's seamless delivery of mind-bending rhymes. This is no-nonsense hip-hop that shuns R&B hooks in favour of deft lyricism and solid cinematic production. The Fifth Sun is hip-hop for the new millennium. "


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From Exclaim! at
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/offwhyte-fifth_sun

"the driving force behind The Fifth Sun's 14 tracks is Offwhyte's seamless delivery of mind-bending rhymes. This is no-nonsense hip-hop that shuns R&B hooks in favour of deft lyricism and solid cinematic production. The Fifth Sun is hip-hop for the new millennium. "


The album's first single, "High Fidelity" has gained airplay across the country and has been heralded by critics as showing a new, 'evolved' Offwhyte, and the rest of The Fifth Sun is sure to follow in that tradition.

Delving deeper into his abilities as a songwriter, Offwhyte instantly shows his skills as a lyricist have gained a greater breadth on the intro track, a post-apocalyptic fable entitled 'the merchant'. The poetics get even deeper in the songs that follow, such as the brave new world-inspired "Beta Alpha" and the confessional "Complex Destiny". Other highlights include the uptempo crowd-pleaser "Ups" and Offwhyte's collaborations with Typical Cats emcees Qwel (on "Masonry") and Qwazaar (on "Get a Hold").

The Fifth Sun's production is top-notch, with beats handled by Meaty Ogre , Open i, Alias of Anticon, the late Chicago producer Metrognome, and Offwhyte himself. The album is sprinkled with minimal live instrumentation and scratching by Dallas Jackson and DJ Norman Rockwell of the Pacifics.

1,2,6,7,8,11,12 produced by Meaty Ogre. 5,10,14 produced by Open i. 4,13 produced by Offwhyte. 3 produced by alias. 9 produced by Metrognome. 1 spoken word by Dave Kunz. 2 cuts & rhodes by Meaty Ogre. 4,10 cuts by DJ Norman Rockwell. 5,9 cuts by Dallas Jackson. 7,11 bass by Griffin Rodriguez. 14 hosted by Yoda. All songs written and performed by Offwhyte(ASCAP) except where noted.
Recorded by Jeff Kuglich at the Galapagos4 Island Resort except 9,11 recorded by Griffin Rodriguez at Truck Stop Audio. Mixed by Griffin Rodriguez at Rax Trax Studios. Mastered by Collin Olan at Splintergroup.
Photos provided and copyrighted by Al Difranco.
Graphics and design by Josh Grotto