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Sense of Sound (digital album)

by Carnage The Executioner

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1.
The Onset 01:18
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2.
Orientation 02:04
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3.
Unleashed 02:27
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4.
Maximum Carnage 02:53
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5.
Creative Freedom feat. Concentrate 04:21
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6.
Bring The Soul Back 02:46
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7.
Negative Space 03:18
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8.
Monsters Ink feat. Illusion 03:57
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9.
The Stank feat. Desdamona 05:04
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10.
Get Down Wit Us... 03:41
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11.
Signature feat. Concentrate 02:52
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12.
State Of Emergency 03:50
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13.
Sense Of Sound 03:00
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14.
Bring The Soul Back Continued - produced by Last Word 04:27
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Carnage is one of the Twin Cities' most diabolical battle MCs, a beatbox juggernaut and the fastest-rapping Midwestern man on the mic this side of Twista—but the opening lines on his first full-length solo record, Sense of Sound, are carefully measured, quietly whispered, and plainly factual: "What is a DJ if he don't got scratch?/What is a producer without a tight track?/What is an MC if he cannot rap?/Well we can do it all, baby, just like that." As commanding as he is on the mic, Carnage always seems willing to share the focus, so it's not much of a shock that it's taken him almost a decade to drop a disc with his name as the most prominent one—and even then, producer Booka B's name is still the same size on the spine.

That brief refrain at the beginning of the album is the only moment where Carnage seems to be holding something back, and the rest of Sense of Sound is an exercise in the man's main strengths—namely making the complex sound simple, and vice-versa. His flow here skews toward a maniacal intensity that he sometimes ratchets up to absurd levels:He's practically cackling by the end of "State of Emergency"'s first intense syllable-juggling minute ("freakish astounding/pugnacious conflict petty renouncer of the Jesus medallion").

Tracks like "The Stank" and the title cut display a b-boy poet/street preacher-side to his style, with its sing-song taunting and conversational rumination coming across like some manic hybrid of Sadat X and Mike Ladd. Booka B's production keeps the beat pounding even when the tone gets anxious (the scuzz-funk of "...Get Down Wit Us" and the MGM musical dementia of "Creative Freedom" are highlights).

Guitarist Bill Mike adds some maggot-brained snarl to cuts like the seething "Bring the Soul Back," and guests ranging from label-mates ill chemistry's Desdamona, to Hecatomb crew member and ThrowBack Protocol's Concentrate to Hecatomb's Illusion drop in to give the album some career-spanning context. But on Sense of Sound the spotlight is on Carnage, and he owns it completely. — Nate Patrin (City Pages).

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released July 17, 2007

Art and layout by Booka B.

Hecatomb Industries, LLC

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Carnage The Executioner Saint Paul, Minnesota

Carnage The Executioner A.K.A. TERRELL X is an artist of many disciplines & talents:
Song Writer & Producer / Human Beat Boxer / Live Performer / Actor / Collaborator / Instructor / Activist.

Carnage's message resonates deeply while he confidently promotes honesty, self-reflection, resilience, growth & social justice.

•15 U.S. tours - 2012-2022
•5 European tours - 2011-2013
•1 Asian tour - 2018 ... more

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