6.3
Sadistik has often been described as an emotive rapper and that he creates a type of music most call emo rap. Agree with this term or hate it, but there is no shortage of self loathing emotion on Sadistik's third album Ultraviolet with songs like 'Orange' where he describes himself as someone who destroys peoples good moods or good things in general just by being in their presence. Sadistik goes on in the song 'Cubic Zirconian' with an extended metaphor through out the song about how he is a cubic zirconia (fake diamond). With the hook constantly repeating it in a deep and processed robotic voice. Vocal manipulation is a big theme on this album with a fairly diverse catalogue of records being slowed down and scratches, to being drenched in reverb and played backwards.
On his past two releases Sadistik has often fell back on his production for some of his weaker vocal parts and it's there's difference on this album. There is no doubt in my mind that Sadistik is a talented rapper, he flaunts this on the song 'Chemical Burns' written in 3/4, yet Sadistik changes his vocal delivery multiple times and shows of an impressive capability. It's also interesting to hear a "new" (the track was recorded in 2009) Eyedea verse. Near the end of the verse Eyedea repeats "I'm not dead...Until I've died" which is enough to give someone goosebumps as being more than likely the last verse we ever hear from him. Songs like 'Into the Night' and 'The Rabbithole' owe a lot to their production. Frequent Sadistik producer Kid Called Computer producing the latter which sums the album up in a slow build and release. 'Into the Night' relies heavily on the atmosphere created by the spacey drums and the gentle crooning vocals. This atmosphere corresponds with the lyrical matter which is shortly delivered.
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