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Rating: Unlike his hyperproductive friend (and co-founder of Anticon) Sole, Pedestrian took his time to debut, but he did so with an outstanding record. This album, which had been in the works since 2001, comes a full six years after the founding of the collective and effectively synthesizes and summarizes the core ideas of these guys in a truly convincing manner.
"Unindian Songs" was written and recorded with the help of Why?, Alias, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Doseone, and Sole (and I don't know if anyone else too), so in the end, I don't know to whom to attribute the credits (and the flaws) of this release. What remains are some great tracks a bit more old-school than the average Anticon and very diverse. And great lyrics, moreover, even though they are more politicized than those of other artists in the group (but is that necessarily a bad thing?); "Arrest The President," one of the most successful tracks and a sort of Anticon revision of 80s hip hop, belongs rightfully to this category. Equally successful are also "O Silent Bed" (with Alias), "Anticon" (style "We love Self-referentialism"!), and "Toss And Turn," a single already featured in the "Anticon Label Sampler 1999-2004" collection.
Highly recommended for anyone who has never heard anything from the collective.
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