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Artist: Black Milk
Label: Fatbeats
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

8 reviews
Sales Rank: 5427

Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.3

MPN: 5125
UPC: 659123512527
EAN: 0659123512527
ASIN: B001EQPD7O

Release Date: October 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Tracks:

•	Long Story Short
•	Bounce
•	Give the Drummer Sum
•	Without U/Electric Ribbon (Interlude)
•	Hold It Down
•	Losing Out
•	Hell Yeah
•	Overdose
•	Reppin for U - Black Milk, Abernathy, A.
•	The Matrix
•	Try
•	Tronie Summer
•	Bond 4 Life
•	Elec (Outro)

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Editorial Reviews:

Album Description
Explicit Version. His 2008 album Tronic shows that Black has grown tremendously as a producer, as he's adopted more live instrumentation and he is introducing more complex arrangement than his previous sample-heavy work. He also shows marked improvement as an emcee, and carries most of the album himself with only three guest verses on the entire album (from emcee royalty Pharoahe Monch, Royce Da 5'9", and Sean Price). Not even two years removed from his breakthrough release, Black Milk proves on Tronic that not only is he growing as an artist, but that Hip Hop music as a genre still has room to grow.

Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Black Milk Gravitates December 23, 2008
nationalinternational (America)
When I first heard "Tronic" was going to drop, I wasn't too thrilled at the idea. I had accepted the fact that 2008, like the years that preceded it, was going to be a year up to its neck in bad hip hop, with no relief in sight. My first listen through of Tronic, I found myself consciously unable to give Black Milk a chance. Frankly, I didn't like his earlier solo efforts. I knew he was capable of putting out pure heat from a production standpoint (i.e. "Action" with Slum Village and basically Elzhi's entire Europass limited release album), but Black's lack of a presence spitting over the year made it hard to fully sign on. I'm glad to say, with Tronic, Black Milk completely reverses that trend and carves out a sizable chunk in hip hop hall a fame with his dynamic addition. Simply put, Tronic works, and it works at so many levels, so many decibels, that I can't offer a just critique without it devolving into a "oh my God" rant.

I was trying to think of a time when an artist so gracefully and meticulously put together an entire album without substantial outside influence. Listening to Tronic is to be first hand as a person transcends from a performer to an artist. Rather than pick apart all the nuances of the release, as better reviews have done--namely cokemachineglow--I'll just say Black Milk's release is about the most cohesive and focused album I've ever heard, and I've been an avid music fan for years now.. At the risk of sounding overly hyped, Tronic is a masterpiece, from beginning to end. He didn't do Dilla, Premier or Pete Rock with this; he did Black Milk (and those aforementioned artists are guilty of crossing over and/or falling into redundancy loops at times). This is a release that comes at a crucial point; it's a life boat for those of us out there looking to jump ship, to get away from the tattered fray that hip hop is. The only fear is expectations for his next release will be astronomical. But for now, this Detroit star is shining brightly. Utterly cop-worthy.

3 out of 5 stars

COME ON PEOPLE December 8, 2008
B. Gray
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

HOW CAN YOU CLOWNS GIVE THIS ALBUM FIVE STARS. I WAS UPSET WHEN I COPPED THIS ALBUM.MILKS FLOW IS A LITTLE IFFY HERE! HE STILL GOES DOWN AS A ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOP TEN PRODUCERS!

THE MATRIX IS THE BEST SONG ON THE WHOLE ALBUM!
THAT SAYS ALOT WHEN YOUR BEST CUT HAS FEATURES.

5 out of 5 stars

One of the best hip hop releases of the year November 26, 2008
Alexander A. Knoblach (NOLA, LA)
Black Milk comes hard with a sophomore effort that doesn't disappoint. No skippable tracks and just the right length for an album that you don't lose interest. Only thing that bothers me, just a little, is the high voice on Give the Drummer Sum.

Great album right up there with QTip's The Renaissance and Little Vic's Each Dawn I Die for AOTY.

Listen to The Matrix and Losin' Out to see the heat this album brings. Overdose is a personal favorite as well.

5 out of 5 stars

Top 5 of 2008 November 23, 2008
Ronald O. Harding (Fort Bragg, NC)
This album to me is top 5 of the year just like Popular Demand was the year it came out...although alotta people prolly won't buy this album simply b/c they're unfamiliar with his music, i gaurantee every person who buys it will certainly feel they've gotten their money's worth ...5/5

5 out of 5 stars

Fire! November 7, 2008
D-Dub (columbus)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This cd is a must have, defenitely one of the best cd's of the year. Popular Demand was a nice cd, but the sound on tronic is cleaner. The beats are crazy and the flows are nice. Like Larry said before, if you like the dilla, atcq, madlib style beats you better pick up this one cuz this kid is the future o f hip hop!

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