Stop the Music (album)
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| Studio album by New Breed | ||||
| Released | March 12, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Christian hip hop, Latin hip hop | |||
| Length | 65:53 | |||
| Label | UpRok, EMI Christian | |||
| Producer | Dert, Tunnel Rats | |||
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Stop the Music is the debut album by Christian Latin hip hop brother-sister duo New Breed, a Tunnel Rats affiliate, released on March 12, 2002 through Uprok Records in the United States and through EMI Christian Music Group in the United Kingdom. Featuring a Latin-influenced East Coast hip hop sound that revealed the duo's Puerto Rican heritage, Stop the Music met with positive critical reception from critics.
AllMusic's Johnny Loftus wrote that Stop the Music "showcased Macho and Elsie's bold rhymes and decidedly Latin flavor." Tom Semioli in his AllMusic review explained that the duo's use of sound blasts "tethers rhythms and harmonic motifs with funky bass samples and an in-the-pocket back-beat that echoes reggae and disco." He described "Verse of the City" and "Stand" as expressing the duo's pride in its "ghetto savvy and learning", while "Stop the Music" at first tackles class conflict before unexpectedly veering inward to address fellow rappers. "Song Speaks", according to Semioli, "declares the spiritual importance of rap via jazzy piano riffs, scat singing, and thought provoking stream of conscious dialogue".CMJ New Music Monthly stated that
From tales of everyday struggle ('Stop the Music'), to lighter, feel-good joints like 'Think' and the more spoken-word, jazzy flavor of 'Song Speaks,' the album flows from the aggressive to mellow with ease, showcasing the wide range of the duo's talent and its all-encompassing musical vibe.
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