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Akrobatik "Absolute Value" It seems that in life with the daily ailments of bills, stress at work, frustrations with family, it becomes easy to not notice the things that are going well in your life. The music world it's no different. After all the complaining about inconsistent artists and crappy material on the radio, it's absolutely refreshing to find an artist that you can count on for great quality material like clockwork. These are some of the praises that I reserve for Akrobatik as he once again comes with top-notch boom bap hip-hop music with his latest effort "Absolute Value". It seems that every dope producer in the game is featured on this project from the likes of Illmind to the Dilla produced "Put Ya Stamp On It" featuring Talib Kweli. The two go back-to-back having you wonder if Ak and Kweli could become a duo with similar lyrical impact of a Blackstar. Ak's guest appearances seem to work well throughout the album like his Perceptionist partner Mr. Lif on "Beast Mode" or the 9th Wonder produced Little Brother assisted "Be Prepared" (featuring yet another show stealing verse from Phonte). But don't get it twisted as Ak is the star of the show and is most exhilarating when he's able to flex his muscle by his lonesome. The infectious "Soul Glo" shows a confident emcee at the top of his craft casually taking jabs at the people that don't do the art of emceeing much justice. Ultimately the album is a solid package all the way through. As he confesses in the liner notes that "even though his name is on the cover, but belongs to everyone involved", shows that this is what we can expect when people work on making a great project as opposed to your simple ring tone single. So, for a culture where we never give props (since we're sooo hard core), it's time to salute an emcee that brings it every time. -PJ 4 out of 5 Preach Jacobs