Evolution Fight is an album by hip hop band Cyne.[4][5] It was released on August 29, 2005, on the City Centre Offices label. It gained some moderate success underground and in the mainstream. It is considered a classic hip-hop album by many critics and helped Cyne get more public attention.

Evolution Fight
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 2005
Recorded2004–2005
GenreHip hop
LabelCity Centre Offices[1]
ProducerSpeck and Enoch[1]
Cyne chronology
Time Being
(2003)
Evolution Fight
(2005)
Starship Utopia
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Stylus MagazineA[3]

Reception

edit

AllMusic wrote: "Despite their fundamental vision, further listens will show Evolution Fight to be a deceptively intricate album (check the wonky piano loop that backs the ribbon-blown lyrics on the title track or the off-beat rhythm that backs a gospel sample on 'Up Above'), and that might make it more worthy of the City Centre tag of musical advancement than many more overtly abstract hip-hop albums."[2] Stylus Magazine wrote: "Polemical without becoming condescending, superbly judged without seeming contrived, but most significantly a great listen that bounces you about, knocks you down, engages your head and has you belly dancing with glee, Evolution Flight is easily one of the year’s best releases."[3] CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "consistently enjoyable and party-friendly."[1]

Track listing

edit
  1. "Plight About Now" - 2:22
  2. "Soapbox" - 2:56
  3. "Evolution Fight" - 3:23
  4. "Haze" - 3:25
  5. "Rousseau" - 3:30
  6. "Fuck America" - 2:52
  7. "Growing" - 4:04
  8. "Rappin'" - 2:14
  9. "Automaton" - 2:11
  10. "Arrow of God" - 3:54
  11. "Running Water" - 3:38
  12. "Up Above" - 3:14
  13. "Deferred" - 4:43
  14. "Moonlight" - 6:07

Samples

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. September 9, 2004 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Evolution Fight - CYNE | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b "Cyne - Evolution Fight - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
  4. ^ "CYNE | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Herman, Max (November 1, 2005). "Cyne Evolution Flight". XLR8R.