Rap Album One | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 29, 2013 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 38:13 | |||
Label | Stones Throw | |||
Producer | ||||
Jonwayne chronology | ||||
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Rap Album One is a studio album by American hip hop artist Jonwayne. [1] It was released on October 29, 2013 on Stones Throw Records. [2] Music videos were created for "The Come Up" [3] and "How to Be a Gemini." [4]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100 [5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Clash | 7/10 [7] |
Exclaim! | 7/10 [8] |
Fact | [9] |
HipHopDX | [10] |
Pitchfork | 6.0/10 [11] |
Potholes in My Blog | [12] |
Spectrum Culture | [13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]
Del F. Cowie of Exclaim! gave the album a 7 out of 10, commenting that "Jonwayne's flow is verbose, cerebral and free-associative by nature; toss in the gruff delivery, and the MF Doom comparisons are inevitable." [8] Kyle Kramer of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.0 out of 10, saying, "His sound is minimal, in many cases relying on just piano and subdued drum pattern—live he uses just a sampler and a mic—which works to vivid effect." [11]
Laurent Fintoni of Fact praised the album as "the sound of an artist who's finally found some balance between his rapper and producer halves." [9] In January 2014, it was named the Worldwide Winner of Album of the Year by British radio and club DJ Gilles Peterson. [14] Max Bell of LA Weekly also called it "one of the best rap albums of the year". [15]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "After the Calm" | Jonwayne | 4:36 |
2. | "You Can Love Me When I'm Dead" | Jonwayne | 3:58 |
3. | "Find Me in the Future" | Jonwayne | 2:48 |
4. | "The Come Up Pt. 1" (featuring Scoop DeVille) | Jonwayne | 2:44 |
5. | "The Come Up Pt. 2" | Scoop DeVille | 2:22 |
6. | "Yung Grammar" | Jonwayne | 2:55 |
7. | "Reflection" | Jonwayne | 4:50 |
8. | "Zeroh's Song" | Jonwayne | 3:55 |
9. | "How to Be a Gemini" | Jonwayne | 3:00 |
10. | "Black Magic" | Scoop DeVille | 3:03 |
11. | "Sandals" | Jonwayne | 4:03 |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [16]
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Rap Album One | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 29, 2013 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 38:13 | |||
Label | Stones Throw | |||
Producer | ||||
Jonwayne chronology | ||||
|
Rap Album One is a studio album by American hip hop artist Jonwayne. [1] It was released on October 29, 2013 on Stones Throw Records. [2] Music videos were created for "The Come Up" [3] and "How to Be a Gemini." [4]
Aggregate scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100 [5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Clash | 7/10 [7] |
Exclaim! | 7/10 [8] |
Fact | [9] |
HipHopDX | [10] |
Pitchfork | 6.0/10 [11] |
Potholes in My Blog | [12] |
Spectrum Culture | [13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]
Del F. Cowie of Exclaim! gave the album a 7 out of 10, commenting that "Jonwayne's flow is verbose, cerebral and free-associative by nature; toss in the gruff delivery, and the MF Doom comparisons are inevitable." [8] Kyle Kramer of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.0 out of 10, saying, "His sound is minimal, in many cases relying on just piano and subdued drum pattern—live he uses just a sampler and a mic—which works to vivid effect." [11]
Laurent Fintoni of Fact praised the album as "the sound of an artist who's finally found some balance between his rapper and producer halves." [9] In January 2014, it was named the Worldwide Winner of Album of the Year by British radio and club DJ Gilles Peterson. [14] Max Bell of LA Weekly also called it "one of the best rap albums of the year". [15]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "After the Calm" | Jonwayne | 4:36 |
2. | "You Can Love Me When I'm Dead" | Jonwayne | 3:58 |
3. | "Find Me in the Future" | Jonwayne | 2:48 |
4. | "The Come Up Pt. 1" (featuring Scoop DeVille) | Jonwayne | 2:44 |
5. | "The Come Up Pt. 2" | Scoop DeVille | 2:22 |
6. | "Yung Grammar" | Jonwayne | 2:55 |
7. | "Reflection" | Jonwayne | 4:50 |
8. | "Zeroh's Song" | Jonwayne | 3:55 |
9. | "How to Be a Gemini" | Jonwayne | 3:00 |
10. | "Black Magic" | Scoop DeVille | 3:03 |
11. | "Sandals" | Jonwayne | 4:03 |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [16]
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