''Dopestylevsky'' is the second studio album by Jewish rapper

Eprhyme Eden Daniel Pearlstein (born February 19, 1980), better known by his stage name Eprhyme (pronounced "E-Prime"), is an American Jewish rapper and producer based in Brooklyn, New York. While attending The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washi ...

, released on April 26, 2011 by

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. It is the label's first hip-hop album in a decade, as K Records is typically known for

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for the album's lead single, "Life Sentence", was funded by

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and released on November 7, 2011.

Reception

''Dopestylevsky'' received largely positive reviews. Jessica Monk of

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called it "a solid album of consciousness-raising Jewish hip-hop, lthoughnot an exercise in genre-bending...we can believe the hype, and take it that this well-heeled genre has finally arrived chez K." John Book of ''

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'' magazine said, "Eprhyme is a nice breath of clarity that isn’t the exception to any specific rule, just hip-hop music at its best." Jay Michaelson of ''

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'' described it as "a more polished and more professional record" than his debut album, containing "less novelty, less preaching, but perhaps more potential to reach a wider audience with a Jewish flavor of hip-hop and rap." In a negative review, Mike Schiller of ''

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'' wrote, "Eprhyme demonstrates an impressive grasp of rhythm and rhyme, but his words are mere sounds that give us something to hold onto; they’re not meaningful, they’re not really about anything, they’re just there...''Dopestylevsky'' is a perfectly pleasant hip-hop album that won’t get on anyone’s nerves ut notthe transcendental experience its author promises, nor does it even begin to live up to the literary figure referenced by its title."

Track listing

*"Blow Up the Block" was previously released in single form by Shemspeed as "Boom Selecta", with an extra verse by Kosha Dillz.

Personnel

*Smoke M2D6 – producer *Foundation – producer ("Poppasong") *AKA – featured artist *Brad B – featured artist *Skylar Blake – musician *Drew Cohen – vocals *Compost – featured artist *

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(Eprhyme and Shir Yaakov) – featured artist *DeScribe – featured artist *Glimpse – featured artist *Yosef Goldman – vocals *El Goonie –

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*Rolondo Guajardo – musician *Ardas Hassler – musician *Labtekwon – featured artist *Daniel Landin – musician *Tim Pollock – musician *Poweena – vocals *Tom Russell – musician *Jeff Rygwelski – musician *Saints of Everyday Failures (Eprhyme and D-Scribe) – featured artist *Xperience – featured artist *Y-Love – featured artist

References

External links

* {{Authority control Eprhyme albums 2011 albums K Records albums