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The Pangea Project :: The Pangea Project :: PangeaProject.net as reviewed by Nin Chan While much of rap's revolutionary vigour has been effaced and sterilised by frivolous, materialistic drivel in recent years, the spirit of visionaries like Chuck D and KRS-ONE still resonates in subterranean circles, in the hearts and minds of artists who endeavour to preserve and advance rap's ideological focus. While affiliate K-OS has captured the imaginations of heads across North America with his piquant potpourri of funk, calypso, rock and rap, all injected with highly relevant diatribe, the artistic collective known as The Pangea Project has lingered in the shadows, seemingly languishing in anonymity while completing this, their debut collaborative effort. While their fusion of warm, organic, rootsy production and profound, poetic lyricism shouldn't surprise Toronto locals familiar with their individual artistic efforts, it is my sincere hope that this effort reaches audiences as expansive and diverse as K-OS'. While there is nothing particularly innovative or sonically adventurous on offer with this platter, the sheer lucidity and insight on display make up for any shortage in musical experimentation. Atop ethereal synths and harps (as provided by eternally slept-on Bookworm of the Oddities), Kamau, Change, Equinox and Natural paint vivid pastiches of Toronto as a bustling, merciless metropolitan jungle on "City Of Angles," delving into the grim realities that remain shrouded awa