LP 12" Apollo Brown & Joell Oritz – Mona Lisa

Side A

 A1 – Brushstrokes  (0:43)

A2 –  Reflection (3:50)

A3 - My Block (3:45)

A4 - Cocaine Fingertips (3:09)

A5 - Grace Of God (feat DJ Los) (3:54)

A6 - That Place (3:38)

Side B

B1 - Word (3:44)

B2 - Flashback (3:16)

B3 - Decisions (3:22)

B4 - Timberlan'd Up (feat Royce Da 5'9") (3:28)

B5 - Come Back Home (3:46)

B6 - Mona Lisa (2:45)

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Review

Enter Apollo Brown, the Detroit slinger of throwback boom-bap. Like Ortiz, Brown doesn’t pardon his old-fashioned proclivities, blazing a production style built on dusty samples, quick-hand scratches, and steady drum loops. With a batch of beats that sound like they came off the same production line as No Question, the equally solid joint record he put out this year with Locksmith, Mona Lisa won’t win awards for ingenuity or surprises, but it’s rarely hard on the ear.- Pitch fork

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