★★★★★
Having worked together in thepast, most notably on DilatedPeoples, The Alchemist andEvidence combine again forthis aristocratic-themed effortthat's among the best workeither of them has produced.
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-03-27
★★★★★
In a world of MP3 downloads and digital music offerings, it's refreshing to see a release that puts a lot of work into the physical copy. Rhymesayers Entertainment and the creative minds of Alchemist and Evidence came together to create the brilliant packaging for the collaborative record Lord Steppington. Both the CD and the vinyl come in a velvet slipcase with grandiloquent inner workings...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-02-13
★★★★★
It's a force of habit now that before hearing something you try and find out about it, eliminate mystery for the security of prejudice. I'm gratified that most of what I've read from the two genii involved here, Dilated People's verbal tactician Evidence and underground legend producer Alchemist is totally nebulous, pisstakey, and unrevealing. According to Alch, Lord Steppington is "very British-inspired so it's a lot of tea drinking, scones, and Benny Hill episodes...
- thequietus.com
2014-02-11
★★★★★
In the center of a dimly lit studio, Evidence lounges on a purple velvet couch, nodding his head to the sinister sounds coming through the speakers. Alchemist has his back turned to him, tinkering with the soundboard, looking like a mad conductor to a digital symphony. Weed smoke wafts throughout the studio, and the walls shiver with each beat of a drum. Styles P and Fashawn sit on an identical couch opposite Evidence, in heated debate about who gets to hop on this particularly menacing beat...
- www.djbooth.net
2014-01-28
★★★★★
Step Brothers (Alchemist & Evidence) Bring Plenty Of Bright Moments On 'Lord Steppington'
Jan 23rd, '14 • Music • by XXL Staff • 9 Comments
To say the Step Brothers have been a long time coming would be a gross understatement, at least by music industry standards. Rapper/producers Alchemist and Evidence have been tight since high school, and initially announced their formation as the Step Brothers back in 2008...
- www.xxlmag.com
2014-01-28
★★★★★
Alchemist & Evidence fill "Lord Steppington" with obscure references, but at its heart the album is a mix of quality, mosaic style production and fun rhymes. In the 2008 comedy Step Brothers, lead characters Brennan Huff and Dale Doback can alternately be found wearing tuxedos to a job interview, tea-bagging a drum set and filming a Rap video entitled "Boats 'N Hoes...
- www.hiphopdx.com
2014-01-28
★★★★★
The Alchemist and Evidence are old friends--they've known each other since the early 90s. Each is a rapper and a producer, and both are dedicated students of the rap game with a preternatural awareness of the history and context of their art that endows the music they create together with additional meaning...
- pitchfork.com
2014-01-24
★★★★★
Trumpet loops aren't the only thing hip-hop artists have borrowed from jazz musicians. While posse cuts and guest verses have long been rap-album staples, increasingly emcees and producers have been linking up for concentrated collaborative side projects, allowing rhyme junkies to benefit from what-if dream teams. Friends since youth and coworkers since Alchemist began supplying Evidence's group, Dilated Peoples, with bangers, heralds the official joint effort between two of L.A...
- exclaim.ca
2014-01-18
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