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Babbletron's Mechanical Royalty finds Brooklyn's Jaymanila, DJ Pre, and Cool Calm Pete working similar sci-fi grooves to their friends from Def Jux -- dark samples, snaking basslines, and disturbed beats abound. But Jaymanila and Cool Calm Pete seem a little more laid-back than the average Def Jux rhymesayer, as much A Tribe Called Quest as Aesop Rock. "Beware the black monolith in deep space," they drop on the MF Doom-produced '70s space-age funk number "Space Tech Banana Clip" -- the record's most unique and instantly accessible track -- sort of the screenplay to the brilliant Blaxploitation sci-fi flick that never was. It's a good indicator for the whole album -- creative, surprising, gritty, New York through and through, but with a strangely balanced sense of humor and futurism launching it into tomorrow. ~ Charles Spano Babbletron Mechanical Royalty Songs | 1. | I Need to Be |
| 2. | Special FX |
| 3. | Clock Song, The |
| 4. | Birds |
| 5. | Space Tech Banana Clip |
| 6. | Chop!! |
| 7. | One Shot |
| 8. | Hit Man Sonnet - (featuring Jungle Mike) |
| 9. | A.C.W.A.L.L. |
| 10. | Broken Down |
| 11. | Dope |
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