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A Piece of Strange
Hip-Hop · 2005 · 16 tracks

A Piece of Strange

CunninLynguists

A dense, spiritual hip-hop opera built on dusty blues samples and southern gothic atmosphere. Introspective, nocturnal, and deeply soulful.

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It's like a dark, soulful hip-hop novel that you listen to at 2 AM when you're questioning everything.

A heavy, soulful meditation on morality that feels like a humid night in a haunted southern town.

A Piece of Strange · vs · CunninLynguists
Midnight+2.8σ

Midnight saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Where Will You Be?
1:03
02
Since When
4:02
03
Nothing to Give
3:30
04
Caved In
3:18
05
Hourglass
3:21
06
Beautiful Girl
3:25
07
Inhale (interlude)
2:03
08
Brain Cell
4:23
09
America Loves Gangsters
4:28
10
Never Know Why
3:52
11
The Gates
4:05
12
Damnation (interlude)
1:39
13
Hellfire
2:29
14
Remember Me (Abstract/Reality)
4:27
15
What’ll You Do?
2:43
16
The Light
5:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting choral loop on 'Where Will You Be?' that sets a high-stakes spiritual tone immediately.
The transition from the gritty social critique of 'America Loves Gangsters' into the ethereal, soaring hooks of 'Never Know Why'.
The way 'The Light' resolves the album's tension with a warm, gospel-inflected beat that feels like a sunrise after a long night.
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