Freehoudini (Deluxe)

Ten years after the release of their seminal debut, six years since their last LP, Themselves return in 2009 with not one, but two full-length albums. The first is the FREE Houdini: one part aggressive Rap mixtape, one part posse reunion record that wrangles all seven original members of the Anticon collective and several distinguished guests to reaffirm the crew's place in Hip Hop history. Herein is the finest prose from today's most venerable wordsmiths, slung over a perpetually shifting landscape of hard beats and texture. Providing the meat and motivation, of course, are Themselves Doseone and Jel who've realized this feat as a single, gratis long-playing track. A truly free-for-all celebration of just how good Rap can be, theFREEhoudini was mixed by Odd Nosdam.