Evolution Fight is the third independent album by hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 band Cyne

CYNE (hip hop group)

CYNE is an American hip-hop group originating from Gainesville, Florida. Characterized with a warm and soulful sound influenced by left-field hip-hop, rock, trip-hop and jazz, the group is known for lyrics that range from party boasting to meditations on the philosophy of Rousseau...

. It was released in 2005 on the City Centre Offices label. It gained some moderate success underground and in the mainstream

Mainstream

Mainstream is, generally, the common current thought of the majority. However, the mainstream is far from cohesive; rather the concept is often considered a cultural construct....

. It is considered a classic hip-hop album by many critics and helped Cyne get more public attention.

Reception

Allmusic - "Despite their fundamental vision, further listens will show Evolution Fight to be a deceptively intricate album (check the wonky piano loop that backs the ribbon-blown lyrics on the title track or the off-beat rhythm that backs a gospel sample on "Up Above"), and that might make it more worthy of the City Centre tag of musical advancement than many more overtly abstract hip-hop albums."

Stylus Magazine

Stylus Magazine

Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, a number of different podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog....

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"Polemical without becoming condescending, superbly judged without seeming contrived, but most significantly a great listen that bounces you about, knocks you down, engages your head and has you belly dancing with glee, Evolution Flight is easily one of the year’s best releases."

Track listing

1. "Plight About Now" - 2:22
2. "Soapbox" - 2:56
3. "Evolution Fight" - 3:23
4. "Haze" - 3:25
5. "Rousseau" - 3:30
6. "Fuck America" - 2:52
7. "Growing" - 4:04
8. "Rappin'" - 2:14
9. "Automaton" - 2:11
10. "Arrow of God" - 3:54
11. "Running Water" - 3:38
12. "Up Above" - 3:14
13. "Deferred" - 4:43
14. "Fallen Stars" - 3:14
15. "Moonlight" - 6:07

Samples

• "Plight About Now"
  • "Let The Dollar Circulate" by Billy Paul
    Billy Paul
    Billy Paul is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, most known for his 1972 number-one single, "Me and Mrs. Jones" as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods" which blends his more conventional pop, soul and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences...
    
    
• "Soapbox"
  • "War of the Gods" by Billy Paul
    Billy Paul
    Billy Paul is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, most known for his 1972 number-one single, "Me and Mrs. Jones" as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods" which blends his more conventional pop, soul and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences...
    
    
• "Evolution Fight"
  • "Smile, We Have Each Other" by The Spinners
• "Haze"
  • "Wherever You Are" by Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
    
    
• "Up Above"
  • "Whenever I Call You "Friend" by Kenny Loggings