{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Dynospectrum | type = studio | artist = The Dynospectrum | cover = Dynospectrum.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1998|10|13}}<ref name=rhymesayers1998/> | recorded = March 1997<!-- adapted from liner notes. --> | studio = RSE Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.<!-- adapted from liner notes. --> | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=72|s=23}} | label = Rhymesayers Entertainment | producer = Solomon Grundy | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} '''''The Dynospectrum''''' is a studio album by The Dynospectrum, a collaboration between rappers Slug, I Self Devine, Sab the Artist, and Swift. They performed under the pseudonyms Sep Se7en, Pat Juba, General Woundwart, and Mr. Gene Poole, respectively. The production was handled by Ant, who assumed the name Solomon Grundy for the project. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on October 13, 1998.<ref name=rhymesayers1998>{{cite web|url=http://rhymesayers.com/releases/the-dynospectrum|title=The Dynospectrum - The Dynospectrum|work=Rhymesayers Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426222045/http://rhymesayers.com/releases/the-dynospectrum|archive-date=April 26, 2018|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
In a 2008 interview with ''Impose'', Slug said: "When we made the ''Dynospectrum'', I was so high, I really thought we were like a legion of superheroes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/minneapolis-is-rhymesayers|title=Minneapolis Is Rhymesayers|work=Impose|first=Blake|last=Gillespie|date=April 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206033651/http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/minneapolis-is-rhymesayers|archive-date=December 6, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, he picked it as one of the label's most underrated albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/more-rhymesayers-20-lists-underrated-catalog-albums-and-a-personal-top-10/360451701/|title=More Rhymesayers 20 lists: underrated catalog albums and a personal top 10|work=Star Tribune|first=Chris|last=Riemenschneider|date=December 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206030726/http://www.startribune.com/more-rhymesayers-20-lists-underrated-catalog-albums-and-a-personal-top-10/360451701/|archive-date=December 6, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''City Pages'' | rev1score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/dyno-mite-6712241|title=Dyno-mite!|work=City Pages|first=Peter S.|last=Scholtes|date=November 11, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206033123/http://www.citypages.com/music/dyno-mite-6712241|archive-date=December 6, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> }} Peter S. Scholtes of ''City Pages'' placed the album at number 10 on the "Top Local Records of 1998" list, describing it as "a dense, tense, ultimately rewarding journey into hip hop's dark heart."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/arts/symphony-of-a-city-6711575|title=Symphony of a City|work=City Pages|first=Peter S.|last=Scholtes|date=January 13, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206033859/http://www.citypages.com/arts/symphony-of-a-city-6711575|archive-date=December 6, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''City Pages'' in 2013, Chaz Kangas called it "one of the greatest hidden treasures of the Rhymesayers catalog".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/five-more-minnesota-music-reunions-wed-love-to-see-6645085|title=Five more Minnesota music reunions we'd love to see|work=City Pages|first=Chaz|last=Kangas|date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208105035/http://www.citypages.com/music/five-more-minnesota-music-reunions-wed-love-to-see-6645085|archive-date=December 8, 2015|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In that year, ''Potholes in My Blog'' placed it at number 7 on the "12 Best Rhymesayers Albums" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/our-12-favorite-rhymesayers-albums/3/|title=The 12 Best Rhymesayers Albums (Page 3 of 5)|work=Potholes in My Blog|date=March 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307045422/http://potholesinmyblog.com/our-12-favorite-rhymesayers-albums/3/|archive-date=March 7, 2013|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = You Can Lose Your Mind | length1 = 4:59 | title2 = Introspectrum | length2 = 2:05 | title3 = Headphone Static | length3 = 3:56 | title4 = Permanent on Surfaces | length4 = 4:51 | title5 = Breath of Fresh | length5 = 4:44 | title6 = The Winter Moon | length6 = 5:30 | title7 = Brief Interlude | length7 = 0:42 | title8 = Appearing Live | length8 = 5:32 | title9 = Southside Myth | length9 = 4:48 | title10 = Traction | length10 = 4:06 | title11 = Decompression Chamber | length11 = 4:43 | title12 = Evidence of Things Not Seen | length12 = 4:24 | title13 = Superior Friends | length13 = 3:52 | title14 = I Wouldn't Want You to Die Uninformed | length14 = 3:05 | title15 = Tenfold | length15 = 3:34 | title16 = Anything Is Everything | length16 = 4:53 | title17 = Armor | length17 = 6:46 | total_length = 72:23 }} {{Track listing | headline = 20th anniversary vinyl edition (2018) bonus tracks | title18 = Mass Exodus | length18 = 4:54 | title19 = He Who Dies with the Most Toys | length19 = 3:53 | title20 = Obstacles | length20 = 5:27 | total_length = }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Sep Se7en (Slug) – vocals * Pat Juba (I Self Devine) – vocals * General Woundwart (Sab the Artist) – vocals * Mr. Gene Poole (Swift) – vocals * Solomon Grundy (Ant) – production, turntables, recording, mixing * Dr. Moreau – recording, mixing, layout, design * Abuse (Aaron Horkey) – artwork, layout, design * Kevin Craig – photography
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|282108|The Dynospectrum}}
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