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- Group Therapy (Parental Advisory)
- - 363,541 plays
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Dope
Released 2003

Bitch
03:06
88,294 plays

I Am
03:04
29,141 plays

Burn
03:06
28,413 plays

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songs

- 1
- Falling Away
- 02:51
- 24,277 plays

- 2
- Bitch
- 03:06
- 88,294 plays

- 3
- I Am
- 03:04
- 29,141 plays

- 4
- Motivation
- 02:53
- 23,641 plays

- 5
- Sing
- 03:05
- 24,801 plays

- 6
- Now Is the Time
- 02:50
- 20,390 plays

- 7
- Paranoia
- 02:41
- 26,294 plays

- 8
- Bring It On
- 03:14
- 22,300 plays

- 9
- Another Day Goes By
- 03:19
- 23,973 plays

- 10
- Today Is the Day
- 02:55
- 18,389 plays

- 11
- Burn
- 03:06
- 28,413 plays

- 12
- Easier
- 02:58
- 18,418 plays

- 13
- So Low
- 03:14
- 15,210 plays

album review

Dope's third full-length appears through Recon, an N.Y.C. upstart affiliated with frontman Edsel Dope through management ties. In addition to producing Group Therapy, the dreadlocked kingpin directed and/or conceived of videos for each of the album's 13 songs, including them here as DVD add-ons. The bulk of additional content is a nice touch, and should be appreciated by the group's core fan base. And Group Therapy is much stronger than 2001's flawed Life. Pounding, hard-charging percussion and rumbling, near atonal guitars are garnished with the occasional electronic flourish to form a base for Edsel's guttural yawp and rudimentary singing. He utilizes both on the obstinate "I Am," which crosses emotive Linkin Park-style verses with the double-time chorus shout of "F*ck it, I am what I am." This dirty-mouthed mulishness is typical of Edsel's lyrical muse, which leans heavily on both the F-word and themes common to the genre. Remember "Die MF Die" from Life? That song's rallying cry here as been recast as "burn motherf*cker, burn." Elsewhere, Dope grapples with depression, the everyday grind, and haters. Dope has focused its fiery attack on Group Therapy, and that should at least get the pit roiling at shows. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide