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Veteran
Studio album by
JPEGMafia
ReleasedJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)
Genre
Length47:13
Label
Producer
JPEGMafia chronology
Black Ben Carson
(2016) 		Veteran
(2018) 		All My Heroes Are Cornballs
(2019)
Singles from Veteran
  1. "Baby I'm Bleeding"
    Released: December 1, 2017

Veteran is the second studio album by American rapper JPEGMafia. It was released on January 19, 2018, by Deathbomb Arc.[7][8] A music video for "Baby I'm Bleeding" was released on December 1, 2017.[9] A second video was released on May 18, 2018 for "Real Nega".[10] On September 12, 2018, a video for "1539 N. Calvert" was released.[11] The album was released to widespread critical acclaim and was featured in numerous year-end lists; in 2019, Pitchfork listed it at number 171 in their list of best albums of the decade.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.7/10[13]

Veteran was met with widespread acclaim from critics.[14][15][16][17]

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2018
37
[18]
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
171
[19]
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2018
41
[20]
Spin The 51 Best Albums of 2018
24
[21]
NME The Albums of the Year 2018
68
[22]
Rolling Stone The 30 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018
20
[23]
The 405 The Top 50 Albums of 2018
7
[24]
The Quietus 100 Best Albums of 2018
78
[25]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by JPEGMafia except Real Nega, produced with Chef Warren.[26]

No.TitleLength
1."1539 N. Calvert"2:37
2."Real Nega"2:31
3."Thug Tears"3:18
4."Dayum"1:25
5."Baby I'm Bleeding"2:32
6."My Thoughts on Neogaf Dying"1:34
7."Rock N Roll Is Dead"3:08
8."DD Form 214" (featuring Bobbi Rush)3:15
9."Germs"2:41
10."Libtard Anthem" (featuring Freaky)1:20
11."Panic Emoji"3:00
12."DJ Snitch Bitch Interlude"1:23
13."Whole Foods"2:04
14."Macaulay Culkin"1:57
15."Williamsburg"3:33
16."I Cannot Fucking Wait Til Morrissey Dies"1:26
17."Rainbow Six" (featuring Yung Midpack)4:43
18."1488"2:28
19."Curb Stomp"2:15
Total length:47:13

Notes

  • On the Bandcamp release, "Panic Emoji" is listed as "😱".
  • The streaming versions of the album has the features uncredited, while the Bandcamp version credits them.

References

  1. ^ Farrow, David (December 17, 2018). "2018: Favorite 50 Music Releases". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b St. Michael, Jonathan (September 18, 2019). "JPEGMAFIA All My Heroes Are Cornballs". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 18, 2019. 2018's critically acclaimed Veteran was a warped and glitchy blend of experimental and industrial hip-hop
  3. ^ Pearce, Sheldon (October 4, 2019). "Radical rapper Jpegmafia: 'Black people have things to be mad about'". The Guardian. Retrieved October 12, 2019. ...his album, Veteran, bracing noise-rap with a radical lyrical agenda...
  4. ^ Williams, Aaron (September 18, 2019). "Jpegmafia's Satirical 'All My Heroes Are Cornballs' Mocks The Pageantry Of Modern-Day Rap". Uproxx. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (February 7, 2019). "Jpegmafia has developed his own hip-hop vocabulary, and is riding it to success". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Cavalcanti, Amanda (March 13, 2018). "O pós-trap de JPEGMAFIA em 'Veteran'". Vice (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Brown, August (June 29, 2018). "L.A. rapper JPEGMAFIA lashes out at the right and the 'fake-woke' left. Just don't call it 'trolling'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "JPEGMAFIA - Albums". Jpegmafia.net. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. ^ Ham, Robert (December 1, 2017). "JPEGMAFIA Presents Dizzying New Video for 'Baby I'm Bleeding'". Paste. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  10. ^ Burney, Lawrence (May 18, 2018). "JPEGMAFIA's "Real Nega" Video Is a Calming Contrast to His Hectic Output". Noisey. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  11. ^ Burney, Lawrence (September 12, 2018). "JPEGMAFIA's video for "1539 N. Calvert" is an ode to Baltimore's Bell Foundry Space". The Fader. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  12. ^ "JPEGMAFIA Veteran - Reviews". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  13. ^ Thompson, Paul A. (January 31, 2018). "JPEGMAFIA: Veteran". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  14. ^ Moyer, Matthew (February 14, 2018). "Rapper JPEGMAFIA laughs while the world burns". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  15. ^ Thompson, Paul A. (31 January 2018). "JPEGMAFIA: Veteran Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  16. ^ Breihan, Tom (21 February 2018). "JPEGMAFIA Makes Murky Lo-Fi Rap Into Something Exciting". Stereogum. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  17. ^ Darville, Jordan (22 February 2018). "JPEGMAFIA rules, and here's proof". The Fader. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  18. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Pitchfork.com. December 11, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  19. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. October 8, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  20. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of 2018". Noisey. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  21. ^ "The 51 Best Albums of 2018". Spin. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  22. ^ "NME's Albums Of The Year 2018". NME. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  23. ^ "30 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018". Rolling Stone. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  24. ^ "The 405's Top 50 Albums of 2018". 20 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  25. ^ Turner, Luke (December 4, 2018). "Quietus Albums of the Year 2018, in Association with Norman Records". The Quietus. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  26. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guwPLiljwrc
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