Angles Without Edges

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Angles Without Edges
Angles Without Edges.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSep. 11, 2001 [1]
Recorded2000-2001
The Dump
(Los Angeles, CA)
The Bomb Shelter
(Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Nu jazz, Jazz rap
Length67:09
Label Stones Throw
Producer Madlib
Yesterdays New Quintet chronology
Angles Without Edges
(2001)
Stevie
(2004)
Madlib chronology
Madlib Remixes
(2000)
Angles Without Edges
(2001)
Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! (favorable) [3]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [4]

Angles Without Edges is the first album released by hip hop producer Madlib's jazz project, Yesterdays New Quintet. Presented as a fictional quintet or virtual band, Yesterdays New Quintet consists of members Monk Hughes, Ahmad Miller, Joe McDurfey, Malik Flowers, and Otis Jackson Jr, all of which are pseudonyms used by Madlib (except for the latter, which is the producer's legal name). The album was released in 2001 under Stones Throw Records on compact disc and vinyl record.

Contents

While not entirely devoid of samples from other music, Madlib used this album to experiment with live instrumentation, recording in his studio and arranging the recordings together.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Madlib.

No.TitleLength
1."Prelude"1:59
2."Julani"3:05
3."Papa"4:34
4."Keeper of My Soul"4:18
5."The One Who Knows"3:43
6."The Birth of YNQ"2:53
7."Paladium"5:35
8."Life's Angles"3:07
9."Thinking of You"3:15
10."Uno Esta"3:44
11."Rugged Tranquility"4:07
12."Daylight"3:55
13."Hot Water"3:44
14."Mestizo Eyes"3:55
15."Sun Goddess"3:57
16."Kuhn's Theme"2:32
17."Little Girl (Dakota's Song)"2:21
18."Broken Dreams"5:34
19."Last Day"0:55

Personnel

Credits adopted from liner notes.

Song appearances

From 2004 to 2010, several songs from Angles Without Edges appeared as background music in commercial bumpers on Adult Swim, including "Sun Goddess", [5] "Daylight", [6] "Paladium", [7] "Life's Angles", [8] "Little Girl (Dakota's Song)", [9] "Keeper of My Soul", [10] "Rugged Tranquility", [11] "Papa", [12] "The One Who Knows", [13] "Uno Esta", [14] "Julani", [15] "Mestizo Eyes", [16] "Hot Water", [17] "The Birth of YNQ", [18] and "Kuhn's Theme". [19]

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