1992 Deluxe

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1992 Deluxe
Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe.png
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)
Recorded2016–2017 [1]
StudioLetter Racer Studio [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length49:42
Label Rough Trade Records
Princess Nokia chronology
Metallic Butterfly
(2014)
1992 Deluxe
(2017)
A Girl Cried Red
(2018)
Singles from 1992 Deluxe
  1. "G.O.A.T."
    Released: June 28, 2017
  2. "Tomboy"
    Released: July 14, 2017
  3. "Brujas"
    Released: August 18, 2017
  4. "Kitana"
    Released: August 25, 2017

1992 Deluxe is the second studio album by Princess Nokia. [2] It was released on September 8, 2017. [3] It is an expanded version of her 2016 mixtape, 1992. [4] The title derives from her birth year. [5] It peaked at number 25 on Billboard 's Heatseekers Albums chart. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [8]
Exclaim! 6/10 [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [12]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Vice (Expert Witness)A [15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 1992 Deluxe received an average score of 77% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7]

Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Her flow has the freewheeling energy of the battle freestyle, and often forgoes narrative in favour of a stream of boastful non-sequiturs about Mortal Kombat and Blue's Clues, but, through sheer force of charisma, her blunt edges still cause major damage." [10] Writing for Noisey , Robert Christgau gave the album a grade of "A", calling Princess Nokia "the most complete New Yorker to hit hip-hop since Heems if not Nas." [15]

NME listed it as the 32nd best album of 2017. [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bart Simpson" Destiny Frasqueri Bobby Johnson3:35
2."Tomboy"
  • Frasqueri
  • Gilberto Ramírez
Saint3:37
3."Kitana"3:17
4."Brujas"
  • Frasqueri
  • Reynaldo Hernandez
  • Christian Vargas
  • DJ Bass Bear
  • Blanco
2:59
5."Mine"
  • Frasqueri
  • Samuel Burgess
Sammy3:25
6."Excellent"
  • Frasqueri
  • ETRNL
ETRNL 2:43
7."Saggy Denim" (featuring Wiki) Sound M.O.B. 3:13
8."Green Line"
  • Frasqueri
  • David A. Doman
  • Alex Brofsky
Doman3:50
9."ABCs of New York"
  • Frasqueri
  • James Richardson III
HelloMyFuture3:25
10."Goth Kid"
  • Frasqueri
  • Richardson
  • HelloMyFuture
  • Benamin [a]
3:56
11."Receipts"
  • Frasqueri
  • Richardson
  • HelloMyFuture
  • Benamin [a]
3:23
12."G.O.A.T."
  • Frasqueri
  • William Herrera Jr.
OG Wally West2:43
13."Brick City"
  • Frasqueri
  • Ravi Ollivierre
Ralz Beats2:38
14."Flava"
  • Frasqueri
  • Bakari Chioke Cunningham
Kadi Haze2:04
15."Different"
  • Frasqueri
  • Christopher Lare
OWWWLS2:38
16."Chinese Slippers"
  • Frasqueri
  • Danny Guerrero
Mistah Mota2:26
Total length:49:42

Notes

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [6] 25

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