Product Description Debut album from Rodan of Monsta Island Czars. One of the original members of KMD, Rodan is best known for his guest appearances on MF Doom's "Operation: Doomsday", Viktor Vaughn's "Vaudeville Villain", "No Snakes Alive" with MF Doom and MF Grimm and most recently was featured on many tracks on the Monsta Island Czars debut "Escape from Monsta Island". "Theophany: The Book of Elevations" features production from X-Ray of Monsta Island Czars and guests appearances by MF Doom, MF Grimm, Megalon and Monsta Island Czars. About the Artist Rodan is swoopin' down on the hip-hop landscape for the Y2G1 and well beyond.Rodan who was featured on the soundtrack for the critically acclaimed and Academy Award nominated documentary "On The Ropes", released on Milan Records in August of '99,as well as the MF Doom LP, Operation Doomsday off of the Fondle 'Em label, released in Oct. '99 and re released on SubverseMusic in May '01 , is now making his meteoric solo debut. Rodan hailing from Long Island, one of the four major land masses laying on the outskirts of the notorious Monster Island a.k.a New York City and as the resident street scientist in the undergrounds most ecclectic and electric collective Monsta Island Czars[MIC], sets things off with "Theophany [The Book Of Elevations]" a blazing full length tour de force that exemplifies hip-hop in its most pristine state . Intellectual and overflowing with ascerbic irony , Rodan shoots nuclear missles from a slingshot while "..perched a top five pillars of hip hop asthetic soul," and spits pure lyrical plasma "...at 186,000 kilobytes per second..." all the while accompanied and complimented by banging tracks courtesy of "..a-alike criminal minds.." collaborative efforts with Most Intelligent Czars bretheren X-Ray , which serve to heighten each perfomance with a complete sense of metro tension and rhythmic suspense . Ro takes us on a guided tour through the maze of street gunplay ["No Snakes Alive Pt.2"] , violence in a prison mess hall ["Vengance&Violence"] , to forecasting for societys future by way of the constellations ["The Wilderness"] , and along the way just about everything else in between , from the grimy to the sublime , all the time attacking every nuance of each narrative with furious fervor and maximum intensity . Some of the other stand out joints include "Wind Before The Storm", "Century 21" [w/Megalon], "Roll Call" [w/Kong,Gigan and Kamackeris], "Erotic Peaks", "No Degrees" and the incredible, inimitably tounge in cheek "G.O.D.", which will, guranteed, distort any preconceived notion you may carry about the definition of the term 'god', how it is used and the every day practical application of its power. Blatantly unabashed intelligence and lyrical prowess combined with utterly authentic street sensibilities , elevates "Theophany [TBOE]" well above most of the competition and sets Rodan into a category amongst the unique and elite in the game . Keep your eyes [all 3 of them ] on these Monsta Island Czar high flyers [if you can see that far up] . Unquestionably one of the next major forces in hip hop.