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"DUBS, GRUNTS & THINGS"

Released Jan 10, 2009
This is our second release and follows-up our award-winning debut LP. On January 8, 2009, we launched the download site for "Dubs, Grunts and Things" and the album was promptly downloaded more than 500 times in less than two weeks. The album continues to garner critical acclaim from newspapers, bloggers and fans alike.

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"RIDING IN FAST CARS WITH YOUR MOMMA"

Released March 31, 2007

The debut album released on our own label, Nutta Records, on March 31, 2007 to a capacity crowd at Subterranean night club in the heart of Chicago's Wicker Park. The album is currently in its second pressing.

RIFCWYM include the track "El Dorado," which won the 2008 Independent Music Awards for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Song. The song features very special guests Soulstice and Wes Restless.

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Props for "DGAT"

"It's not your usual dose of hip hop"
Gowhere Hip Hop (Jan 16, 2010)
"The First Artist To Watch In 2009"
Leah Manners, Side One: Track One (Jan 14, 2009)
"One of our favorite cool-n-smooth local rap acts"
Chicago Sun-Times (Jan 19, 2009)
"Although the record industry is cracking down on music-downloading thieves, there are still champions of the idea of free music"
Chicago Reader (Jan 12, 2009)
"The Animate Objects collection coast into 2009 with 5 jazzy coated tracks to ride into the sun with"
Rhymehouse (Jan 10, 2009)
"Animate Objects are pushing a new version...a new generation of hip-hop. You can call it smarter, you can call it amazing, you can call it whatever you want...but boy, does it ever pull from so many different places and genres."
Richie Frieman, PensEyeView (Jan 24, 2009)
"Some of the same smoky, sweet flavor [as the band's award-winning debut album]"
Vox.com (Jan 14, 2009)
"Free hot music that you do NOT want to miss out on."
Mixtape Monster Blog (Jan 12, 2009)
"Straight-up good time hip-hop in its purest form"
WGHHradio.com (Jan 18, 2009)
"You have to taste this one!"
Find A Soul For Sale (Jan 17, 2009)

Props for "RIFCWYM"

"Animate Objects - illustrious hip-hop"
Chicago Tribune
"...a live band whose music oozes an almost Philadelphia soul sound with layered grooves punctuated by rhymed lyrics about a world where hope exists alongside darkness, and women are seen as complete human beings."
Chicago Sun-Times
"A conscious sensibility and a sincere, reflective delivery that together strongly recall fellow Chicagoan Common."
download.com
"There is something fundamentally wrong with your soul if nearly every track doesn't keep your head consistently nodding. You'll be hard pressed to find a bad song throughout the entire disc, which is especially endearing to first-time listeners. Their style on this album remains cohesive throughout, offering a well orchestrated experience, that is sure to please those music listeners looking for jazzy, Roots-esque music for the new millennium."
Pairaphrase, Life On Wax.com
"With 12 tracks ranging from the soulful "Beautiful", with its melodic strings and soft keyboard to the more gritty rhymes and rock influence of "Midnight Blue", this album defies genres by combining many different musical stylings into a cohesive whole. Not only is each musician an extraordinary talent, the album maintains a positive message throughout. Each track is in its own way unique and adds something special to the album...you won't be disappointed."
Marilyn Delfaco, Target Audience Magazine
"...a crew that sets out to call attention to questioning accepted social norms of work (music), love and life. Their name and music is an active social commentary..."
Angelica LeMinh, Shotgunreviews.com
"The segues are perfect, the jazz chords, motifs and handclaps are solid, and respects all around to any emcee who pledges his commitment to being grammatically correct on wax. The effort gets increasingly better, but the bottom line is that folks could contest soul music's place in hip-hop, but 'like a wack dance movie, y'all get served, like a stack of hors-d'oeuvres, like you deserve. *4/5 Stars*"
Pound Magazine
"It is possible to make positive hip hop without being unrealistic. This album is a prime example of what looking at the past (with its soul and jazz hooks) while looking to the future (with its optimistic lyrics and subtle production work). In other words, this is the perfect summer album, whether it's between school terms or between graduation and the 'real world.'"
Valerie Enriquez, Innocent Words Magazine