Maryland Mansions

Cex | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jade Tree
• ASIN: B0000UHFXA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,688 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great band Cex Maryland Mansions, February 24, 2005

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joe larkin (pa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maryland Mansions (Audio CD)

The track listing starts off like an instruction manual for freshmen in the School of Being Bad: "Drive Off a Mountain," "Stop Eating," "Take Pills," "Kill Me." But Cex's fifth full-length (at the tender age of 22) is way higher education from the MC with "a doctorate in cold-rockin' it." Deconstructed sonics phase between absent-minded professor and glitchcraft, a stylistic dissertation on the futility of naming genres from this former kolleague of laptop demolition man Kid606. Like any subdivision-dwelling whiz kid, he builds reality in his head, especially in "My Head" - the sound of the suburbs on a human scale. Eminem may have been sent to piss off the world, but the former Rjyan Kidwell just wants to make it strange all over again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars maryland mansions...witty but fitting title, January 24, 2004

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Russell Marshalek "russ" (marietta, ga United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maryland Mansions (Audio CD)

unlike previous cex releases, the brevity of maryland mansions seems to encapsulate one notion: namely, the fact that cex is a NIN-loving industrial kid with a bit of sadness in his heart, a microphone, and an awesome (if at times painfully self-conscious) way with words. there are some harsh moments, as in the too-obtuse-if-it's-a-metaphor too-painful-if-it's-literal "stop eating", but all in all this is cex's darker side...and it is not a bad thing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars very dark, December 28, 2003

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Sancho Perez (the quon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maryland Mansions (Audio CD)

CEX finally seems to break from his split album personality and presents a bleak, and dark album. CEX doesn't have great lyrical ability or rhyming, however the disc is very captivating and interesting. Mostly the beats are ground breaking, especially on the last track, "the strong suit." The beats themselves make the album listenable. CEX sings, raps and screams a great deal on this cd, and there isnt the length of intrumentals as in previous works. The lyrics border on angry or depressed and don't have any of the hip hop/ or even party vibe on previous efforts. Some songs like "My Head", and "Drive off a Mountain" really sound like Trent Reznor trying his hand at electronic rap. Definately the album is a departure from previous efforts and maybe its Jade Tree's influence. This definately makes for an interesting listen.