Labor Days
Appearance
Untitled | |
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 92/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[3] |
Exclaim! | favorable[4] |
HipHopDX | 4.0/5[5] |
Pitchfork Media | 8.7/10[6] |
PopMatters | favorable[7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Stylus Magazine | A–[9] |
Uncut | [10] |
The Village Voice | A–[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. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Labor" | Aesop Rock | 2:32 |
2. | "Daylight" | Blockhead | 4:26 |
3. | "Save Yourself" | Blockhead | 4:59 |
4. | "Flashflood" | Blockhead | 3:54 |
5. | "No Regrets" | Blockhead | 4:31 |
6. | "One Brick" (featuring Illogic) | Aesop Rock | 4:32 |
7. | "The Tugboat Complex Pt. 3" | Blockhead | 3:46 |
8. | "Coma" | Omega One | 3:56 |
9. | "Battery" | Aesop Rock | 5:07 |
10. | "Boombox" | Aesop Rock | 5:05 |
11. | "Bent Life" (featuring C-Rayz Walz) | Blockhead | 4:49 |
12. | "The Yes and the Y'all" | Blockhead | 4:04 |
13. | "9-5er's Anthem" | Blockhead | 4:38 |
14. | "Shovel" | Blockhead | 4:45 |
Credits
- Executive producer: Aesop Rock
- Engineering: Aesop Rock
- Mastering: Emily Lazar
- Art direction: Dan Ezra Lang
- Design: Dan Ezra Lang
References
- ^ a b "Labor Days by Aesop Rock". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ LeRoy, Dan. "Labor Days – Aesop Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Entertainment Weekly: 74. September 28, 2001.
- ^ a b Quinlan, Thomas (June 30, 2001). "Aesop Rock - Labor Days". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ J-23 (December 4, 2001). "Aesop Rock – Labor Days". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (January 23, 2002). "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ Heaton, Dave (September 17, 2001). "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". PopMatters. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
- ^ Martin, Tyler (September 1, 2003). "Aesop Rock – Labor Days – Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Uncut (54): 103. November 2001.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (November 20, 2001). "Consumer Guide: Salaam". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (January 26, 2002). "Pop Review; The Evolving Definition Of Underground Hip-Hop". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ Baker, Ernest (April 26, 2013). "The 30 Greatest Months in Rap History: 9. September 2001". Complex. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ Mentzer, Robert (2005). "That's What He's Saying?". Chicago Reader. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers". Rhapsody. June 22, 2010. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ "The 100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time: 17. Aesop Rock - Labor Days". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
External links
- Labor Days at Discogs (list of releases)