Consuming the Room

ill.Gates - The ill.Methodology (2011)

This is an electronic album.  At heart.  Every other track seems to have vocals on it, usually rapping - enough to show off ill.Gates' large hip-hop influence.  But even on those tracks, the focus is the superb beats - the rapping usually contributing only sonically.  I mean, the raps are okay - but their best purpose is really just breaking the monotony of a full-electronic album, and they serve their purpose well.  This album has some bangers - and if you want to go hard, this album would love to join you.  If you like dubstep in the old-school sense (I'm not talking build-ups and drops), OR if you like dubstep in the brostep stance (I'm talking build-ups and drops), the ill.Methodology has something great for you.  It is actually a pretty diverse album despite it's seemingly consistent style.  That being said - it is too long.  18 Tracks - and it could definitely do without *a lot* of them.  Mostly the brostep ones.

The best tracks remain the purely electronic tracks.  They are just much closer to perfection in what Gates is trying to make - and while the vocalized tracks can be more interesting, they often just don't have the best vocals on them. 

You can stream parts of each track from here.  Not all of it, but more than iTunes would let you.  None of it is on YouTube or the like.

Standout Track(s) - 
Otoro
Great track as far as the beat goes.  Probably my favorite from the album.

Crystal Math
Purely instrumental - I wish the full track was on here, because I really like how it goes. Anyway... first track, what made me keep listening.

Interesting Info -
The most brosteppy song, Eviction, turns a recorded message from a neighbor ripping ill.Gates apart for his loud music into an extremely hard-hitting track.  I can only imagine him turning it up to 11 to play this song in response to the complaints.