Bazooka Tooth

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Bazooka Tooth
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Studio album by
Aesop Rock
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Genre Hip-hop
Length70:05
Label Definitive Jux
Producer
Aesop Rock chronology
Daylight
(2002)		Bazooka Tooth
(2003)		 Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
(2005)

Bazooka Tooth is the fourth studio album by American hip-hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released on Definitive Jux in 2003. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press 4/5 [4]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly A− [6]
HipHopDX 7.5/10 [7]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Stylus Magazine B [12]

Bazooka Tooth received generally favorable reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the album a score of 74 out of 100, based on 16 reviews. [2]

Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork called Bazooka Tooth "another strong outing from one of underground hip-hop's most talented, thanks in no small part to its unprecedented wealth of lyrical depth and individual production style." [10] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! commented that "Aesop drops abstract poetry, heartfelt stories and new millennial b-boyisms in his gruff monotone flow." [13] Francis Henville of Stylus Magazine noted that "the beats feel somewhat restrained, lethargic and lazy" and "they are perfectly suited to Aesop's limpid down-tempo rhymes." [12]

Meanwhile, John Bush of AllMusic felt that Bazooka Tooth lacks "the catchy, sample-driven flavor" of Labor Days . [3] David Morris of PopMatters gave the album an unfavorable review and said, "Bazooka Tooth is almost a textbook example of what happens when a previously struggling artist gets a handful of success". [1]

In 2013, Danny Brown named it one of his 25 favorite albums. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Bazooka Tooth" Ian Bavitz Aesop Rock 2:25
2."N.Y. Electric"BavitzAesop Rock5:10
3."Easy"BavitzAesop Rock5:01
4."No Jumper Cables"BavitzAesop Rock5:06
5."Limelighters" (featuring Camp Lo)
Aesop Rock4:33
6."Super Fluke"BavitzAesop Rock4:51
7."Cook It Up" (featuring Party Fun Action Committee)
 Blockhead 3:45
8."Freeze"BavitzAesop Rock5:32
9."We're Famous" (featuring El-P)
 El-P 6:21
10."Babies With Guns"BavitzBlockhead5:07
11."The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History"BavitzAesop Rock4:48
12."Frijoles"BavitzAesop Rock3:48
13."11:35" (featuring Mr. Lif)
Blockhead4:23
14."Kill the Messenger"BavitzAesop Rock4:54
15."Mars Attacks"BavitzAesop Rock4:39

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [15]

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [16] 112
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [19] 44

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Credited as "additional trash talking and malarchy" with no track numbers specified.

References

  1. 1 2 Morris, David (November 10, 2003). "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". PopMatters . Archived from the original on February 4, 2005. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews for Bazooka Tooth by Aesop Rock". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Bush, John. "Bazooka Tooth – Aesop Rock". AllMusic . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". Alternative Press . No. 184. November 2003. p. 116.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Chris (November 2003). "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". Blender . No. 21. p. 108. Archived from the original on August 8, 2004. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  6. ↑ Drumming, Neil (September 26, 2003). "Bazooka Tooth; Seven's Travels". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ chrisk; J-23 (September 30, 2003). "Aesop Rock – Bazooka Tooth". HipHopDX . Retrieved October 12, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Hochman, Steve (November 30, 2003). "Aesop's raps need a sharper setting". Los Angeles Times . ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". Mojo . No. 119. October 2003. p. 118.
  10. 1 2 Pemberton, Rollie (October 22, 2003). "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ Hoard, Christian (December 11, 2003). "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on December 2, 2003. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  12. 1 2 Henville, Francis (January 8, 2004). "Aesop Rock – Bazooka Tooth – Review". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (January 1, 2006). "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  14. ↑ Nostro, Laruren (October 1, 2013). "Danny Brown's 25 Favorite Albums – 23. Aesop Rock, Bazooka Tooth (2003)". Complex . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  15. ↑ Bazooka Tooth (Media notes). Aesop Rock. Definitive Jux. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ↑ "Aesop Rock Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Aesop Rock Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Aesop Rock Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Aesop Rock Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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