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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic92/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Exclaim!favorable[4]
HipHopDX4.0/5[5]
Pitchfork Media8.7/10[6]
PopMattersfavorable[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Stylus MagazineA–[9]
Uncut[10]
The Village VoiceA–[11]

Labor Days is a studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock.[12] It was released by Definitive Jux on September 18, 2001.[13] It is a concept album about work.[14] The production is handled by Aesop Rock, Blockhead, and Omega One.[4]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Labor Days received an average score of 92% based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[1]

In 2010, Labor Days was listed by Rhapsody as one of the "10 Best Albums by White Rappers".[15]

In 2015, it was ranked at number 17 on Fact's "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[16]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Labor"Aesop Rock2:32
2."Daylight"Blockhead4:26
3."Save Yourself"Blockhead4:59
4."Flashflood"Blockhead3:54
5."No Regrets"Blockhead4:31
6."One Brick" (featuring Illogic)Aesop Rock4:32
7."The Tugboat Complex Pt. 3"Blockhead3:46
8."Coma"Omega One3:56
9."Battery"Aesop Rock5:07
10."Boombox"Aesop Rock5:05
11."Bent Life" (featuring C-Rayz Walz)Blockhead4:49
12."The Yes and the Y'all"Blockhead4:04
13."9-5er's Anthem"Blockhead4:38
14."Shovel"Blockhead4:45

Credits

  • Executive producer: Aesop Rock
  • Engineering: Aesop Rock
  • Mastering: Emily Lazar
  • Art direction: Dan Ezra Lang
  • Design: Dan Ezra Lang

References

  1. ^ a b "Labor Days by Aesop Rock". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ^ LeRoy, Dan. "Labor Days – Aesop Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Entertainment Weekly: 74. September 28, 2001.
  4. ^ a b Quinlan, Thomas (June 30, 2001). "Aesop Rock - Labor Days". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. ^ J-23 (December 4, 2001). "Aesop Rock – Labor Days". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 19, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (January 23, 2002). "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  7. ^ Heaton, Dave (September 17, 2001). "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". PopMatters. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  8. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  9. ^ Martin, Tyler (September 1, 2003). "Aesop Rock – Labor Days – Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  10. ^ "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Uncut (54): 103. November 2001.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (November 20, 2001). "Consumer Guide: Salaam". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  12. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (January 26, 2002). "Pop Review; The Evolving Definition Of Underground Hip-Hop". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  13. ^ Baker, Ernest (April 26, 2013). "The 30 Greatest Months in Rap History: 9. September 2001". Complex. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  14. ^ Mentzer, Robert (2005). "That's What He's Saying?". Chicago Reader. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  15. ^ "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers". Rhapsody. June 22, 2010. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  16. ^ "The 100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time: 17. Aesop Rock - Labor Days". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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