Bucket List Project

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Bucket List Project
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2016
StudioRed Bull Studios, Santa Monica
Genre
Length49:32
Label Saba Pivot, LLC
Producer
  • Saba (also exec.)
  • Phoelix (also exec.)
  • Cam O'bi
  • Cory Grindberg
  • D. Phelps
  • daedaePIVOT
  • Daoud
  • Flex Lennon
  • Joseph Chilliams
  • Ken Ross
  • L Boog
  • Monte Booker
  • squeakPIVOT
Saba chronology
SpareChange!
(2015)
Bucket List Project
(2016)
Care for Me
(2018)

Bucket List Project is the debut studio album by American rapper Saba. It was released on October 27, 2016 by Saba Pivot, LLC. [1] [2]

Contents

Background

The album was produced mainly by Saba himself and Phoelix, with guest producers ranging from Cam O'bi, daedaePIVOT, Joseph Chilliams, Ken Ross, Flex Lennon, squeakPIVOT, among others. The album also includes guest appearances from Noname, Twista, Smino, Ravyn Lenae, and Jean Deaux, among others. [3] [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [8]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [10]

Bucket List Project received critical acclaim from critics. Pitchfork wrote "it is superbly written and performed. Saba is a crafty storyteller who makes full use of his long memory and slithering wordplay." [11] Finishing 12th on Rolling Stone's list of 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016, Saba "successfully mashes of-the-moment hip-hop and atmospheric, live-band funk textures." [12] Consequence of Sound compared Bucket List Project to Kendrick Lamar, writing "Saba maintained a precocious mastery of his craft with windingly poetic flows over murky, subdued beats, not too far removed from Kendrick Lamar circa Section 80." [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tahj Malik Chandler.

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."In Loving Memory"
1:57
2."Stoney" (featuring Phoelix and BJRKNC)
  • Phoelix
  • Saba
3:32
3."GPS" (featuring Twista)Cam O'bi3:48
4."Church (Liquor Store)" (featuring Noname)Cam O'bi4:05
5."Westside Bound 3" (featuring Joseph Chilliams)
  • Joseph Chilliams
  • daedaePIVOT
  • Saba [a]
2:58
6."MOST"
  • Saba
  • Phoelix [a]
3:34
7."Symmetry"
  • Ken Ross
  • Phoelix [a]
  • daedaePIVOT [a]
4:33
8."Photosynthesis" (featuring Jean Deaux)
  • Phoelix
  • Saba
3:23
9."The Billy Williams Story"
  • Flex Lennon
  • squeakPIVOT
3:54
10."Bucket List" (featuring Matthew Santos)
  • daedaePIVOT
  • Cory Grindberg
3:36
11."American Hypnosis" (featuring Akenya)
  • Phoelix
  • Saba
  • D. Phelps [a]
  • Daoud [a]
4:14
12."California / Outro" (featuring Ravyn Lenae and Phoelix)
6:25
13."World in My Hands" (featuring Smino and LEGIT)
  • Saba
  • Phoelix
  • daedaePIVOT
3:52

Track notes

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the rapper's official Soundcloud page. [14]

References

  1. "Stream Saba's "Bucket List Project"". HotNewHipHop. October 27, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  2. "Stream Saba's New Project 'Bucket List'". Complex . Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  3. "Album Of The Week: Saba Bucket List Project". Stereogum. November 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  4. "Saba – Bucket List Project". Consequence of Sound. October 28, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  5. "Saba – Bucket List Project | Consequence of Sound". consequenceofsound.com. October 28, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  6. "Saba – Bucket List Project | Exclaim Mag". exclaim.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  7. "Review: Saba Adds The Right Components To His Early "Bucket List Project" | HipHopDX". hiphopdx.com. October 28, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  8. "Saba – Bucket List Project | Pitchfork Media". pitchfork.com. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  9. "Saba - Bucket List Project album review: Beautiful sounds from a tough town | The Irish Times". irishtimes.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  10. Hull, Tom (May 31, 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  11. "Saba: Bucket List Project Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  12. "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016". Rolling Stone. December 22, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  13. "Album Review: Saba – Bucket List Project". Consequence of Sound. October 28, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  14. "Bucket List Project by SABA | Saba Pivot" . Retrieved June 7, 2017.