1988 (Blueprint album)

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1988
Blueprint Album, 1988.jpg
Studio album by
Blueprint
ReleasedMarch 29, 2005 (2005-03-29) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length49:14
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Blueprint
Blueprint chronology
Chamber Music
(2004)		1988
(2005)		Iron & Niacin
(2006)
Singles from 1988
  1. "Boombox"
    Released: March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08) [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Christgau’s Consumer Guide A− [5]
Cokemachineglow 77% [6]
Pitchfork 6.0/10 [7]
PopMatters 8/10 [8]
RapReviews10/10 [9]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

1988 is the third studio album by American hip hop musician Blueprint. It was released on March 29, 2005, on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Contents

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 1988 received an average score of 83% based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Introduction"0:27
2."Anything Is Possible"1:29
3."1988"3:04
4."Inner City Native Son"3:22
5."Tramp"4:45
6."Boombox"5:18
7."Trouble on My Mind"3:39
8."Lo-Fi Funk" (featuring Aesop Rock)3:31
9."Big Girls Need Love Too"4:02
10."Fresh"2:48
11."Where's Your Girl At?"2:58
12."Kill Me First" (featuring CJ the Cynic)4:58
13."Liberated / Who You Talkin' To?"8:53

References

  1. ↑ "Blueprint - 1988". Rhymesayers Entertainment . Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Blueprint - Boombox". Rhymesayers Entertainment . Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "1988 by Blueprint". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kristel, Todd. "1988 - Blueprint". AllMusic . Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Blueprint". Robert Christgau . Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ Betz, Chet (April 6, 2005). "Blueprint - 1988". Cokemachineglow . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ Macia, Peter (June 2, 2005). "Blueprint: 1988". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ Braidwood, Stefan (April 24, 2005). "Blueprint: 1988". PopMatters . Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ Book, John (March 15, 2005). "Blueprint :: 1988 :: Rhymesayers Entertainment". RapReviews.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  10. ↑ The highlight of this album is Blueprint's pensive, jazzy landscape of strangled horns and muddy synths. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.94]



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