# Dopestylevsky

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Dopestylevsky
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Eprhyme](/source/Eprhyme)
| cover      = Eprhyme dope.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2011|04|26}}
| recorded   = [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state))<br>[Olympia, Washington](/source/Olympia%2C_Washington)<br>[Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona)
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Alternative hip hop](/source/Alternative_hip_hop)
| length     = {{Duration|m=41|s=36}}
| label      = [K](/source/K_Records)
| producer   = Smoke M2D6
| chronology = [Eprhyme](/source/Eprhyme) albums
| prev_title = [Waywordwonderwill](/source/Waywordwonderwill)
| prev_year  = 2009
| next_title = Lost Tapes and Found Sounds: 2006-2012
| next_year  = 2013
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Dopestylevsky
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Life Sentence
 | single1date = November 7, 2011
}}
}}

'''''Dopestylevsky''''' is the second studio album by Jewish rapper [Eprhyme](/source/Eprhyme), released on April 26, 2011 by [K Records](/source/K_Records). It is the label's first hip-hop album in a decade, as K Records is typically known for [punk](/source/punk_rock) and [indie rock](/source/indie_rock). A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxd0nqR9pgk video] for the album's lead single, "Life Sentence", was funded by [Kickstarter](/source/Kickstarter) and released on November 7, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Chernikoff, Helen|title=Kickstarting Jewish Culture?|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/kickstarting_jewish_culture|website=[The Jewish Week](/source/The_Jewish_Week)|accessdate=7 September 2015|date=August 23, 2011}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| title =
| subtitle =
| rev1 = ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|10}}<ref name=pm>{{cite web|author1=Schiller, Mike|title=Eprhyme: Dopestylevsky|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/144969-eprhyme-dopestylevsky/|website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)|accessdate=7 September 2015|date=August 10, 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = [Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes)
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}<ref name="TMT">{{cite web|author1=Monk, Jessica|title=Eprhyme - Dopestylevsky|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/Eprhyme-Dopestylevsky|publisher=[Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes)|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Skyscraper](/source/Skyscraper_(magazine))''
| rev3Score = positive<ref name="Skyscraper">{{cite web|author1=Book, John|title=Eprhyme - Dopestylevsky|url=http://www.skyscrapermagazine.com/music/eprhyme-dopestylevsky|website=[Skyscraper](/source/Skyscraper_(magazine))|accessdate=1 September 2015|date=June 27, 2011}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[The Forward](/source/The_Forward)''
| rev4Score = positive<ref name="forward">{{cite web|author1=Michaelson, Jay|title=Monday Music: Prime Time for Eprhyme|url=http://forward.com/the-assimilator/137297/monday-music-prime-time-for-eprhyme/|website=[The Forward](/source/The_Forward)|accessdate=1 September 2015|date=May 2, 2011}}</ref>
}}

''Dopestylevsky'' received largely positive reviews. Jessica Monk of [Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes) called it "a solid album of consciousness-raising Jewish hip-hop, [although] not an exercise in genre-bending...we can believe the hype, and take it that this well-heeled genre has finally arrived chez K."<ref name=TMT /> John Book of ''[Skyscraper](/source/Skyscraper_(magazine))'' magazine said, "Eprhyme is a nice breath of clarity that isn’t the exception to any specific rule, just hip-hop music at its best."<ref name=Skyscraper /> Jay Michaelson of ''[The Forward](/source/The_Forward)'' described it as "a more polished and more professional record" than his debut album, containing "less novelty, less preaching, but perhaps more potential to reach a wider audience with a Jewish flavor of hip-hop and rap."<ref name=forward />

In a negative review, Mike Schiller of ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)'' wrote, "Eprhyme demonstrates an impressive grasp of rhythm and rhyme, but his words are mere sounds that give us something to hold onto; they’re not meaningful, they’re not really about anything, they’re just there...''Dopestylevsky'' is a perfectly pleasant hip-hop album that won’t get on anyone’s nerves [but not] the transcendental experience its author promises, nor does it even begin to live up to the [literary figure](/source/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky) referenced by its title."<ref name=pm />

==Track listing==
{{track listing
|total_length     = 41:36
| collapsed       = 
| headline        =

| all_writing     = 
| all_lyrics      = 
| all_music       =

| title1          = Grind Thoroughly
| length1         = 3:25

| title2          = Life Sentence
| length2         = 4:03

| title3          = Poppasong
| note3           = featuring Brad B and Foundation
| length3         = 4:00

| title4          = Blow Up the Block
| note4           = featuring [DeScribe](/source/DeScribe) and [Y-Love](/source/Y-Love); prod. [Electro Morocco](/source/Electro_Morocco)
| length4         = 4:04

| title5          = Elements of Style
| note5           = featuring [Labtekwon](/source/Labtekwon)
| length5         = 2:56

| title6          = Smoke Break
| length6         = 2:31

| title7          = Let's Build
| note7           = featuring Compost
| length7         = 3:32

| title8          = Notes from the Underground
| featuring       = featuring Xperience and Glimpse
| length8         = 4:22

| title9          = Lose Your Cool
| note9           = featuring AKA
| length9         = 4:21

| title10         = Divine by Design
| note10          = featuring Saints of Everyday Failures
| length10        = 3:33

| title11         = Better in the Dark
| note11          = featuring [Darshan](/source/Darshan_(band))
| length11        = 4:24
}}

*"Blow Up the Block" was previously released in single form by Shemspeed as "Boom Selecta", with an extra verse by [Kosha Dillz](/source/Kosha_Dillz).

==Personnel==
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{{col-2}}
*Smoke M2D6 &ndash; [producer](/source/hip_hop_production)
*Foundation &ndash; producer ("Poppasong")
*AKA &ndash; featured artist
*Brad B &ndash; featured artist
*Skylar Blake &ndash; musician
*Drew Cohen &ndash; vocals
*Compost &ndash; featured artist
*[Darshan](/source/Darshan_(band)) (Eprhyme and [Shir Yaakov](/source/Shir_Yaakov)) &ndash; featured artist
*DeScribe &ndash; featured artist
*Glimpse &ndash; featured artist
*Yosef Goldman &ndash; vocals
*El Goonie &ndash; [cut](/source/cut_(music))
{{col-2}}
*Rolondo Guajardo &ndash; musician
*Ardas Hassler &ndash; musician
*Labtekwon &ndash; featured artist
*Daniel Landin &ndash; musician
*Tim Pollock &ndash; musician
*Poweena &ndash; vocals
*Tom Russell &ndash; musician
*Jeff Rygwelski &ndash; musician
*Saints of Everyday Failures (Eprhyme and D-Scribe) &ndash; featured artist
*Xperience &ndash; featured artist
*Y-Love &ndash; featured artist
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0002118703|title=''Dopestylevsky'' - Eprhyme|accessdate=1 September 2015}}

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Category:Eprhyme albums
Category:2011 albums
Category:K Records albums

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