The High Exhaulted [2LP Vinyl]

Copywrite - The High Exhaulted [2LP Vinyl]

Originally released in 2002 The High

Exhaulted marked the arrival of Columbus

Ohio’s Copywrite as one of indie rap’s

sharpest punchline specialists. Now brought

back to wax through Coalmine Reissues the

album captures a raw snapshot of a battlehardened

lyricist pairing razor-edged bars

with timeless production remastered

for its most powerful presentation to date.

Backed by beats from the late Camu Tao

Mighty Mi and most notably RJD2 Copywrite

unloads his arsenal with surgical precision.

Early highlights like “Fucksoundcheck” and

“Holier Than Thou” flex his wit and brash

delivery while “Tower of Babble” (featuring

underground stalwarts Smut Peddlers) finds

him trading dense rhyme schemes with a crew

equally committed to verbal demolition.

Yet it’s on the album closer “June” produced

by RJD2 where the project cuts deepest.

Departing from the barbed-wire bravado

Copywrite offers a candid and poignant

meditation that showcases his depth as a

songwriter. With its introspection and

emotional weight “June” stands as a timeless

counterpoint to the album’s otherwise relentless barrage and

critics have long cited it as the project’s most enduring moment.

Nearly a quarter century later The High Exhaulted remains a

definitive underground release — brash witty and

uncompromising yet not without flashes of vulnerability. In

revisiting this classic Coalmine Reissues cements its mission of

preserving the gems of hip-hop’s past for a new generation of

listeners. Side A:

A1. Sintro

A2. Fucksoundcheck

A3. Fire It Up

A4. Let Me In

A5. Enterlude

Side B:

B1. Three Words (feat. Came Tao Tage Proto)

B2. Hear Me Though

B3. Badabing

B4. Centerlude

Side C:

C1. Nobody (feat. Jakki Da Motamouth)

C2. Holier Than Thou

C3. Ready Aim…

C4. On My Dick

Side D:

D1. Tower Of Babble (feat. Smut Peddlers)

D2. Seven Light Years

D3. Theme Music (feat. Jake Da Motamouth)

D4. Exitlude

D5. June