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Spirit in Stone | 
| Artist: Lifesavas
Label: Quannum Projects
Category: Music
Buy New: $14.98
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 112714
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 40
UPC: 681940004022
EAN: 0681940004022
ASIN: B00009WVO4
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Soldierfied | | • | It's Over | | • | What If It's True? | | • | Livin' Time/Life: Movement 1/Livin' Lude | | • | Fever | | • | Hellohihey | | • | Head Exercise | | • | Selector/Fa' Show (Door Drama) (Skit) | | • | Fa' Show | | • | State of the World/Apocalypse/War | | • | Resist | | • | 5th Horseman/Thuggity Skit | | • | Skeletons | | • | Emerge - Lifesavas, Damount, L. | | • | Me | | • | Spirit in Stone Outro |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Lyricism May 6, 2007
Dustin B. Suggs (Enid, OK)
Definitely one of my number one albums ever. The best group I've ever seen perform live and lyrically....please, just listen to hellohihey, who think of something like that and put it into words??? By far the greatest track on the album is "Me," if you haven't heard this album or even heard of the group, it would be well worth the money to buy this album. If you like what plays on the radio, you won't like this album, but if you like political and positive hip hop, this is as good as it gets. Fa Show
 Impressive verbiage February 12, 2007
Lo (San Jose, CA)
I found this album after hearing a remarkable song on the radio one day. Several lines lept out at me, and after googling "bittersweet is the compassion of a psychopath," I found the lyrics "Livin Times" from this album.
Over better-than-average beats, I found a mind-boggling density of concepts that makes the most of hip-hop as an artistic medium. Sure, you could just talk fast, or repeat the same thing over and over (What? Okay!). But you could really express your identity and worldview - if you have one.
The writing tickles the same fancy that makes reading a very literate book so much fun. But unlike Lolita, I can dance to this.
Overall, the album is a little hit & miss for my personal taste, which probably means that some but not all of the songs will appeal to a wide range of people. Individual tracks can be bought - they're on e music. And best of all, there's a new lifesavas album out in April so look for that!
3.5 stars good album could have been better September 27, 2005
joehiphophead (Kansas city)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had high expectations for this album maybe they were a little to high so maybe im the wrong person to review this album. I was impressed by about half of the album most of the beats were dope but where this album really excells is the lyrics. This joint has some seriously hot lyrics but only about half of the beats are what I would consider def so after about the first couple of great tracks you start to hear some really corny stuff then some great songs and then the corny songs sort of creep up on you again this pattern continues throughout the album making it an inconsistent listen but still I enjoyed this album like ive enjoyed all of quannums projects these are people who put thought time and energy into their music and are not concerned about making a quick buck but are more concerned with releasing a quality product. I hope that their next album will be a little more consistent.
The best REAL Hip Hop album of 2003! April 7, 2005
NWROOTS (San Diego/Portland)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is what Hip Hop is all about. Lyrical Challenges, B-boyism, Political messages, and even comedy! Vursatyl and Jumbo (the garbageman) clean up the trash with the best lyrics on any coast since "Blazing Arrow" in 2002. In addition, Portland's unique and diverse style of beats are represented well on "Spirit in Stone". This album is appreciated by hip hop heads of every style because there is undeniable talent here. You have that talent, with the real life messages (Resist, reminincent of Bob Marley's Stand up for your rights"), add influences of Gospel, Reggae, blues, R&B over some amazing beats and you have "Spirit in Stone"! In the end, even the Lifesavas can't save lives when the competiton is left dead!
Criminally Slept-On - 4 Stars March 18, 2005
withthebeatzwiththerhymez
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Upon popping "Spirit In Stone" into my system, I was immediately taken back: Hard, snappy funk with boisterous rhyme schemes and a prevailing conscious theme. I shouldn't have been surprised. After all, this is what fans have come to expect of Quannum Projects. But even as a devout fan of Blackalicoius and Latyrx, I never really bothered to check out that "other" group on the label, the rookie emcees-slash-producers from Portland, Oregon, known as the Lifesavas. Sure they dropped a dope single way back in 2001 ("Head Exercise" b/w "Clutch Moments"), but could they actually hold down an entire album? The answer is a resounding yes. The trio of Vursatyl, Jumbo the Garbageman, and Rev. SHINES bring a rock solid package of insight ("What If It's True?" "Me"), spirituality ("Livin' Time"), dance grooves ("Fever," "Fa' Show"), and battle riffs ("Selector" "Emerge") with lyrics that make you think ("the White Man didn't pull the trigger, and take it too far/And the White Man ain't going to jail, niqqa YOU are") as well as laugh ("Have ultra-sound doctors bug your fetus, believe it.") Equally satisfying is the revolutionary overtones of the three-song set "State of the World/Apocalypse-War/Resist," where Vursatyl castigates the American government ("the CIA trained the crash pilots"), and calls on listeners to fight the status quo ("Resist! Are you an actor or an activist?") As emcees, Vursatyl and Jumbo both lack the charisma that would warrant a 5-Star rating, however, there's little else to criticize about this album. Stop sleepin' on Quannum's newfound talent and cop "Spirit In Stone" today.
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