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Late Night Cinema

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I know I've said this before, but instrumental albums from hip hop producers are pretty hard to mess up. Unless your beats are wack, your release will pretty much be a slam dunk. Well, after a few thorough listens to some instrumental hip hop albums, I've also found that you have to be in the right mood or some of these albums will bore you to death. Well, I found Late Night Cinema to have the opposite effect. No matter the mood, this album sets me straight. This California duo is best known for their works with Hell Razah and Holocaust so, if you're at all familiar with their work, you can pretty much expect that same excellence here -- only you don't have to worry about words getting in the way this time around. It's in the same vein as those works, but with a completely different vibe.

As far as flaws go, you'd be hard pressed to find one. Some of the tracks can meander a bit (Shoot You Dead), but there's nothing here that takes away from the over all quality or brings the rating down any.

At eleven tracks, Late Night Cinema is a relatively short and to the point listen, but it's most certainly worthy of a purchase. The sonic makeup boasts an even blend of live instruments, samples and excellent arrangements that makes this one of my favorite instrumental albums ever and easily the best one I've heard all year. This is an album that I highly recommend adding to your collection as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

Standout Tracks: Forgive Me, Lord of Our Vice, Listen Child, The Era When We Sang, All the News Is Bad Again (My Favorite), Ghosts Among Men, and My Work Will Be Done

What BSBD have accomplished here is so much bigger than an instrumental hip-hop album. It's some kind of post-rock electro-hop frankenstein that is indescribably, paralyzingly beautiful. Throughout the 11 tracks, I heard shades of Shadow and Blockhead sure, but also Burial, M83, Godspeed!, Diplo, and Explosions in the Sky. It's that dense, that diverse, and that epic.

Every layer, every bar seems crafted in a way that reaches IDM-like levels of OCD and perfectionism - the architecture of each piece expansive yet balanced. Listening to where songs like "The Era When We Sang" and "Forgive Me" begin compared to where they end is amazing - NO other hip-hop producers have that kind of confidence in their ability to shift the mood within a track...absolutely groundbreaking. Luxurious in its sonic depth but rewarding in its compositional complexity, this is the music I would make if I was a lot better at making music. It is simultaneously the most organic and the most sophisticated hip-hop album I've ever heard, and I cannot recommend it highly enough

This is a great record. Pure instrumentals, and everything flows perfectly. These guys really are the truth. Perfect album to listen to while working.

First of all, this album is magnificent and the muisc just blows you away the minute the first track kicks off. Blue Sky Black Death has incredible music that i knew what i was getting into when i purchased this album. A lot of their music is both dark and beautiful in its own atmosphere and on this album, the songs go through different tones but still keeps the listener on a rythm that is unbreakable and uncomparable to many different artists. This duo of producers are just perfect in their respective right and their music deserves recognition in so many levels. I will deffinetly keep purchasing their albums to witness the talent of their progress and keep recommending others to check out their music. Furthermore, Late Night Cinema has a lot to offer from a triumphant instrumental album to the best music i have heard to this day.

Bringing music back to hiphop! These guys deserve a listen and a lot more.

this album is simply beautiful..anything less than cd quality for this album would be a shameful way to listen to it.

I'm not too familiar with Blue Sky Black Death, I bought a couple of downloads from there previous records a few months ago off the strength of the guest rappers on their tracks (Ill Bill, Sabac and another one with Jus Allah). Anyway when I heard they were doing an instrumental album consisting of all unreleased material I was definitely looking forward to picking this up. I finally got around to buying it yesterday and after dozens of repeated listenings I'm pleased to say I'm really suprised and satisfied with this disc. This probably isn't a good instrumental album to sit around freestyling to with your friends. For me, it's perfect background music for lounging around drawing, writing or doing anything creative. It strongly reminds me of Blockhead's album Music by Cavelight. If you liked that one you'll probably love Late Night Cinema. I really liked every beat on here, but the 4 that jumped out and stuck to me right off the bat were; "The Era When We Sang", "Shoot You Dead", "My Work Will Be Done" and my personal favorite so far "Forgive Me". Young God and Kingston are on to big things if they keep putting out material like this....

This is the best instrumental album I have ever heard. A must have for people who appreciate good music.