Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein Appreciation

[Drew Wonder]

classic album imo and probably my favorite "backpacker" album ever

production is on point and Vast Aire was an absolute monster

you were a stillborn baby, mother didn't want you but you were still born, boy meets world, of course his pops is gone, what you figure? that chalky outline in the ground is a father figure?

 

[John Hull]

Yep. This and Operation Doomsday pretty much sum up the early 2k's for me.

 

[H.S.]

Epic record. In the same class as NYC classics like Marcberg and Supreme Clientele.

 

[H.S.]

Vorduls verse on Iron Galaxy is one of my favorites ever. Like he was going to just keep rapping forever.

 

[aceboon]

classic album, and Vordul was always >>>>, it's a shame dude was fukked up mentally because there still could be a spot for him on the indy scene. Every winter like clockwork I break this album out, it just goes perfect with the season.

 

[The_Hillsta]

"I rest my head on 115 but miracles only happen on 34th so I guess life is mean"

"Cats walk around New York with two feelings(fillins), one's in the mouth, the other does the killin"

 

[H.S.]

classic album, and Vordul was always >>>>, it's a shame dude was fukked up mentally because there still could be a spot for him on the indy scene. Every winter like clockwork I break this album out, it just goes perfect with the season.

Yeah, El-P's production had an apocalyptic vibe perfect for winter like Hell On Earth. But Cold Vein sounded futuristic. Almost like a sci-fi movie.

 

[Drew Wonder]

I still think Vast >>>>Vordul. Vordul might have been a better rapper in the traditional sense, but Vast's metaphors and imagery put him on another level imo. You could study Vast's verse on Pigeons in an English lit. class

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

The first verse on Pigeon >>>>>>

 

[H.S.]

They were a great duo even though technically their styles were very different. I think Vast was a lot more vivid, but Vordul had bars too.

 

[Firefly]

Vordul>>>>>>>

I liked both but I've known them both for a while. Vordul unreleased shyt is real ill......

 

[George W. Piff]

shyt is straight piff still

 

[Guess Who]

I never got into their shyt...never saw the appeal...it just sounded too different...like this shyt sounded like it was made in an abandoned warehouse in brooklyn in 2074 A.D.

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

Daps. Still a classic album

I found it dope as fukk when Vas Aire re-did his verse on Raspberry Fields and he spazzed on Stress Rap

 

[Singh]

freshmen year of high school I was heavy into underground hip hop because my homegirl put me on

I was listening to Jedi Mind Tricks, Esoteric, Copywrite, Tonedeff, Pack FM, Cage, Aesop Rock, C-Rayz and of course Cannibal Ox (for about 3 years solid)

I enjoyed Cold Vein very much. At the time Iron Galaxy and Pigeon were ground breaking for me to listen to.

I thought the remix to F Word was >>>>> than the original by leaps and bounds.

However, as the years went on, I noticed Vast and Vordul regress to

shyt was sad and unbearable to listen to after than

I even recall Vast doing some weak ass "mainstream" mixtape where he changed his shyt up like he was trying to be on some g-unit gangster street life thug gully shyt.

after than, I pretty much pulled out of being a underground hip hop fan hahahaha shyt was just retarded from that moment on