Three years after his last album, Guero, Beck gives us The Information, a spacey rap fantasy, and we’re relieved to report that our favorite trapped-in-puberty rocker is still one of the most devious sound manipulators in the business. Things were uncertain for a while: After the exceedingly mopey Sea Change and a notorious tour with the Flaming Lips, Beck got married and became a dad, which downshifts many a good rocker into a mediocre folksinger. The beats on Guero were a step in the right direction, however, and now the man has hit the ground running in The Information. Apparently, it wasn’t Scientology Beck needed to pull him out of his slump; it was hip-hop.
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