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Cover Art X-ecutioners
X-pressions
[Asphodel]
Rating: 7.6

Not so much taking it to the streets as taking it directly from the streets, the four turntable wizards known collectively as the X-ecutioners send electric boogaloo basswaves through your system, practically forcing your heart to skip a beat.

These kids do the old-school tricks with new-school style and their Asphodel debut will be waxing dance floors from coast to coast tomorrow.

-Ryan Schreiber

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10.0: Indispensable, classic
9.5-9.9: Spectacular
9.0-9.4: Amazing
8.5-8.9: Exceptional; will likely rank among writer's top ten albums of the year
8.0-8.4: Very good
7.5-7.9: Above average; enjoyable
7.0-7.4: Not brilliant, but nice enough
6.0-6.9: Has its moments, but isn't strong
5.0-5.9: Mediocre; not good, but not awful
4.0-4.9: Just below average; bad outweighs good by just a little bit
3.0-3.9: Definitely below average, but a few redeeming qualities
2.0-2.9: Heard worse, but still pretty bad
1.0-1.9: Awful; not a single pleasant track
0.0-0.9: Breaks new ground for terrible
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