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| Name = Control System
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| Artist = [[Ab-Soul]]
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| Cover = ControlSystem-Ab-Soul.jpg
| Cover = ControlSystem-Ab-Soul.jpg
| Released = May 11, 2012
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'''''Control System''''' is the second [[Independent music|independent]] [[studio album]] of [[United States|American]] [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] recording artist [[Ab-Soul]], released May 11, 2012, via [[Top Dawg Entertainment]]. The album features [[guest appearance]]s from [[Jhené Aiko]], [[Danny Brown (rapper)|Danny Brown]], [[Schoolboy Q]], [[Jay Rock]], BJ the Chicago Kid, [[Kendrick Lamar]], JaVonte, Punch, Ashtrobot and vocals from the late Alori Joh. The album's [[Hip hop production|production]] was handled by Sounwave, Tae Beast, King Blue, Willie B, Nez & Rio, Skhye Hutch, Curtiss King, Aahyasis and Tommy Black.<ref>http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19672/title.ab-soul-control-system-tracklist</ref>
'''''Control System''''' is the second [[Independent music|independent]] [[studio album]] of [[United States|American]] [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] recording artist [[Ab_soul|Ab-Soul]], released May 11, 2012, via [[Top Dawg Entertainment]]. The album features [[guest appearance]]s from [[Jhené Aiko]], [[Danny Brown (rapper)|Danny Brown]], [[Schoolboy Q]], [[Jay Rock]], BJ the Chicago Kid, [[Kendrick Lamar]], JaVonte, Punch, Ashtrobot and vocals from the late Alori Joh. The album's [[Hip hop production|production]] was handled by Sounwave, Tae Beast, King Blue, Willie B, Nez & Rio, Skhye Hutch, Curtiss King, Aahyasis and Tommy Black.<ref>http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19672/title.ab-soul-control-system-tracklist</ref>


== Background ==
== Background ==

Revision as of 00:26, 8 July 2012

Not to be confused with Control system
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Control System is the second independent studio album of American hip hop recording artist Ab-Soul, released May 11, 2012, via Top Dawg Entertainment. The album features guest appearances from Jhené Aiko, Danny Brown, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kendrick Lamar, JaVonte, Punch, Ashtrobot and vocals from the late Alori Joh. The album's production was handled by Sounwave, Tae Beast, King Blue, Willie B, Nez & Rio, Skhye Hutch, Curtiss King, Aahyasis and Tommy Black.[1]

Background

The album is Ab-Soul's fourth full-length project in that same amount of years. The album was preceded by numerous promotional singles, the first being "Black Lip Bastard" on January 17, 2012. The song was produced by Willie B.[2] On February 28, 2012, Ab-Soul, along with Schoolboy Q, appeared on Sway Calloway's #SwayInTheMorning radio show, where Ab-Soul called "Black Lip Bastard": "pretty much one of the title tracks",[3] the song, however, failed to make the album's final track listing. The first song that appears on the album, to be released was "Showin' Love", also produced by Willie B.[4]

On April 6, 2012, Ab-Soul released "Terrorist Threats". The song features frequent collaborator Jhené Aiko and Danny Brown, who proclaimed on Twitter that "Black Hippy the new Beatles and I'm Harry Nilsson".[5] On April 17, 2012, Ab-Soul revealed the album's title to be Control System and unveiled the release date to be May 11, 2012. That same day he also released a music video for "Pineal Gland", a song inspired by the psychedelic drug DMT and of course the pineal gland, a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain.[6][7] On April 24, 2012, another single, by the title of "SOPA" was released. The song, produced by Nez & Rio, references Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a United States bill introduced by U.S. Representative Lamar S. Smith, that would've allowed the U.S. government to control the internet.[8]

On May 1, 2012, Ab-Soul released another music video, for a new song titled "Empathy", the song features vocals from JaVonte and his late friend/girlfriend Alori Joh, who committed suicide in February.[9] On May 4, 2012, it was revealed "Black Lip Bastard" was remixed and will feature his Black Hippy cohorts, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q.[10] On May 8, 2012, his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, titled "ILLuminate", was released. The day before the album's release Ab-Soul revealed the track listing and released snippets from the album. The album, as written on the back cover, is "Dedicated to the beautiful soul of Loriana Angel Johnson aka Alori Joh"[11]

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
DJBooth[13]
Exclaim8/10[14]
HipHopDX[15]
Pitchfork Media8.1/10[16]
Prefix Magazine8/10[17]
XXL (XL)[18]

Control System received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "Universal acclaim ".[12]

Track listing

No.TitleProducerLength
1."Soulo Ho3" (featuring Jhené Aiko)Sounwave & Dave Free (of Digi+Phonics)3:57
2."Track Two"Tae Beast (of Digi+Phonics)4:03
3."Bohemian Grove"Tae Beast & Dave Free (of Digi+Phonics)4:23
4."Terrorist Threats" (featuring Jhené Aiko & Danny Brown)Dave Free (of Digi+Phonics)4:24
5."Pineal Gland"Tae Beast (of Digi+Phonics)3:52
6."Double Standards"Sounwave (of Digi+Phonics)4:21
7."Mixed Emotions"King Blue (of Sore Losers)4:08
8."SOPA" (featuring Schoolboy Q)Nez & Rio4:09
9."Lust Demons" (featuring Jay Rock & BJ the Chicago Kid)Tae Beast (of Digi+Phonics)3:41
10."ILLuminate" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)Skhye Hutch5:00
11."A Rebellion" (featuring Alori Joh)Curtiss King3:48
12."Showin' Love"Willie B (of Digi+Phonics)4:57
13."Empathy" (featuring Alori Joh & JaVonte)Skhye Hutch3:01
14."Nothing's Something"Aahyasis2:30
15."Beautiful Death" (featuring Punch & Ashtrobot)Skhye Hutch4:30
16."The Book of Soul"Tommy Black5:11
17."Black Lip Bastard (Remix)" (Black Hippy) (Bonus Track)Willie B (of Digi+Phonics)5:49
Total length:71:44
Sample credits

Charts

Chart (2012)[31] Peak
position
US Billboard 200 91
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 12
US Billboard Top Rap Albums 9
US Billboard Top Independent Albums 13
US Billboard Top Digital Albums 21

References

  1. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19672/title.ab-soul-control-system-tracklist
  2. ^ "Ab-Soul – Black Lip Bastard (prod. Willie B of Digi+Phonics)". 2DopeBoyz. 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  3. ^ "ScHoolboy Q & Ab-Soul – 5 Fingers Of Death Freestyle (Video)". 2DopeBoyz. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  4. ^ "Ab-Soul – Showin' Love (prod. Willie B of Digi+Phonics)". 2DopeBoyz. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  5. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (April 9, 2012). "Ab-Soul: "Terrorist Threats" [ft. Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko]". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  6. ^ "Ab-Soul - Pineal Gland Music Video". DJBooth.net. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  7. ^ "Ab-Soul – Pineal Gland [video]". Scoremore. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  8. ^ "Ab-Soul – SOPA f. ScHoolboy Q (prod. Nez & Rio)". 2DopeBoyz. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  9. ^ "New Video: Ab-Soul - "Empathy" (Featuring Alori Joh and jaVonté)". beatsandrants.com. 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  10. ^ "Ab-Soul – Black Lip Bastard (Black Hippy Remix) (Preview)". 2DopeBoyz. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  11. ^ "Ab-Soul – Control System (Tracklist x Snippets)". 2DopeBoyz. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  12. ^ a b "Metacritic: Control System". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  13. ^ S., Nathan (May 16, 2012). "Ab-Soul - Control System - Hip Hop Album Review". Album Review. DJBooth.net. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  14. ^ Marrack, Peter (May 23, 2012). "Ab-Soul - Control System Hip Hop Reviews". Album Review. Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  15. ^ Fairfax, Jesse (May 15, 2012). "Ab-Soul - #controlsystem - Hip Hop Album Review". Album Review. HipHopDX.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  16. ^ http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16784-control-system/
  17. ^ McBee, Wilson. "Ab-Soul: Control System | Album Reviews". Retrieved 27 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Text "Prefix" ignored (help)
  18. ^ Mordi, Christian (May 17, 2012). "Ab-Soul, Control System". Album Review. XXL. Retrieved 2012-05-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Ab-Soul's Track Two sample of Electric Light Orchestra's Tightrope". WhoSampled. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Text "urlhttp://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/152787/Ab-Soul-Track%20Two_Electric%20Light%20Orchestra-Tightrope/" ignored (help)
  20. ^ "Ab-Soul's Terrorist Threats sample of Darren Korb's The Bottom Feeders". WhoSampled. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  21. ^ "Ab-Soul's Terrorist Threats sample of Jay-Z's Nigga What, Nigga Who". WhoSampled. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  22. ^ "Ab-Soul's Pineal Gland sample of Bo Hansson's Attic Thoughts". WhoSampled. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  23. ^ "Ab-Soul's Lust Demons sample of Isaac Hayes' Aruba". WhoSampled. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  24. ^ "Ab-Soul's ILLuminate sample of Kendrick Lamar's A.D.H.D." WhoSampled. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  25. ^ "Ab-Soul's A Rebellion sample of Midnight Star's Follow the Path". WhoSampled. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  26. ^ "Ab-Soul's Showin' Love sample of Ahmad Jamal's Swahililand". WhoSampled. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  27. ^ "Ab-Soul's Beautiful Death sample of OutKast's You May Die (Intro)". WhoSampled. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  28. ^ "Ab-Soul's The Book of Soul sample of Ahmad Jamal's Swahililand". WhoSampled. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  29. ^ "Ab-Soul's The Book of Soul sample of Bobby McFerrin's Moondance". WhoSampled. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  30. ^ "Ab-Soul's Black Lip Bastard (Remix) sample of Donny Hathaway's A Song for You". WhoSampled. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  31. ^ [1]
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