Rodan - Theophany: The Book of Elevations

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1. Intro
2. The Conqueror
3. F.E.D.'s
4. No Snakes Alive Pt. II featuring Shaman
5. Roll Call featuring Kong, Kamackeris and Gigan
6. War In Heaven Pt 2
7. Erotic Peaks
8. Flight Lessons
9. Sumthin To Prove (Remix)
10. No Degrees
11. War In Heaven Prt. II
12. The Wilderness
13. G.O.D.
14. Human Inquisition
15. Outro
16. Century 21 featuring Megalon
17. Run the Sphere v.2.3 featuring Kong, Loch Ness, Megalon, King Ceasar, Kamackeris, MF Doom and MF Grimm
18. Ability to Speak

Easily one of the best MIC albums to ever be created, and indeed one of the best underground albums to ever come out of New York City. Rodan was one of the first MIC members I recall hearing, and with the exception of DOOM and Grimm's album it was actually the first MIC album I heard, period. For those unfamiliar with Rodan let me try to explain what to expect, his style is almost like a force of nature, its unrelenting and never seems to let up, its here one second ripping every fucking thing it can out of the ground and hurling it across the city then gone in the very next second. His flow could be compared to Megalon's in its non-stop, rapid fire approach only I find Rodan's to be even more fierce and focused, literally any track he touches its almost guaranteed he's going to be stealing the show. This album is no different, its 18 tracks of Rodan showing every other mc out there how to put it down properly.

Lyrically Rodan's words are every bit as powerful as his flow, his metaphors are damn near unmatched and the imagery he invokes with his rhymes is staggering, when he says "I cut the head off the devil and throw it at you" you wont doubt for a second that son really will live up to his word. His vocals are deep and powerful, spitting every rhyme with an urgent like nature, like he simply HAS to get this off of his chest. the production backing him is just as stellar as his performance, X-Ray handles the bulk of the beats with RAVAGE also contributing and true to form they're just as dark and gritty as you would expect, making Rodan sound all the more threatening over them.

Guest come in the form of pretty much every MIC member up to that time, they all hold it down wonderfully but none of them ever steal the show from Rodan, this is mos def his album and he wants the world to know. As far as faults, Rodan is a hate him or love him mc, some will find his never ending barrage of words fairly annoying, its not a style thats meant for everyone and im sure its going to turn a lot of people away. Also worth noting that while the song writing isnt bad by any means, Rodan's style doesnt lend itself well to catchy hooks, this is sure to bug some people as well. As for me though? this is classic MIC and underground at its finest and I love every second of it

Overall - 4/5