Man of War is not your average garden variety rapper, folks. Putting this CD in, and expecting to hear your modern day rapper, will leave you "un-thugged out." This mess is deep. Some nice production from the Syntax crew, plus some new producers, give this entire project a haunting, tortured-soul feel. Speaking on some subjects that have never been spoken on seems the flavor here. Some would call it, indecipherable. I would call it Revelations-come-to-life-on-modern-day-media. Man of War is not for the faint of heart. To truly enjoy it you have to take time to listen to, and make sense of, his lyrical barrage. Often times speaking in half stop, double motion, metaphorical imagery, Man of War reinvents emceeing. His ever present battle axe, ill artwork for a cover, and banging production makes this an instant underground classic. Now if you can find it in stores I'll give you props.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 2001Reviewed by Ken MuellerMan of War is the rap project of 23-year-old Sam Orozco, and while he is the driving force behind the album, this disc displays the talents of many of the rappers on Syntax. With the name Man of War (i.e. a soldier in God's army) and the title Ten Horn Daggers (a reference to the Ten Horned Dragon in Revelation), one gets a pretty good sense of the content of the disc. Most of the songs deal with…Similar sounding releases
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