Coup de Theatre (album)

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Coup de Theatre
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Studio album by
Haiku d'Etat
ReleasedOctober 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)
Studio
Genre Hip-hop
Length55:28
Label
Producer
Haiku d'Etat chronology
Haiku d'Etat
(1999)		Coup de Theatre
(2004)
Singles from Coup de Theatre
  1. "Mike, Aaron & Eddie"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Triumvirate" / "Top Qualified"
    Released: 2005

Coup de Theatre is the second studio album by American hip-hop group Haiku d'Etat. It was released on October 19, 2004 via Decon. Recording sessions took place at Abstract Rude's crib and at Studio 880 in Oakland. Produced by Fat Jack, Myka 9, Chief Xcel, DJ Drez, Kenny Segal, PMG and Spacek, it features guest appearances from Blackalicious, Busdriver and Latyrx.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A- [3]
Prefix7/10 [4]
RapReviews8/10 [5]
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Dominic Umile of Prefix gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, commenting that "Coup de Theatre, the second course, parts the sea of mediocre major-label nonsense with refreshingly mixed backgrounds and introspective, melodious and often humorous verse". [4] Steve Juon of RapReviews.com gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying: "With so many things going for Haiku D'Etat, it's almost hard to find fault with this album". [5]

Gabe Meline of North Bay Bohemian named it one of the best hip hop albums of 2004. [7] Jeff Ryce of HipHopDX included it on the "Independent Albums of the Year" list. [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Edwin Hayes, Michael Troy and Aaron Pointer, except track 6 is written with Regan Farquhar, and track 10 is written with Timothy Parker, Tsutomu Shimura and Lateef Daumont.

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro" DJ Drez 1:24
2."Mike, Aaron & Eddie"Fat Jack4:05
3."Kats"Fat Jack4:22
4."Dogs" Mikah 9 3:48
5."Stoic Response"The Istickz3:26
6."Transitions & Eras" (featuring Busdriver)Fat Jack4:59
7."All Good Things"Fat Jack3:51
8."Poetry Takeover"Mikah 93:59
9."Triumvirate"PMG3:48
10."Top Qualified" (featuring Blackalicious, Lyrics Born and Lateef) Chief Xcel 5:32
11."Coup de Theatre" Kenny Segal 5:49
12."Built 2 Last"Fat Jack5:16
13.Untitled 5:09
Total length:55:28

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Herman, Max (January 1, 2005). "Coup De Theatre". AllHipHop . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Coup de Theatre - Haiku D'etat | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ Endelman, Michael; Browne, David (December 20, 2004). "EW reviews noteworthy music from 2004". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Umile, Dominic (October 19, 2004). "Haiku D'Etat: Coup de Theatre". www.prefixmag.com. Retrieved November 22, 2008– via Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 Juon, Steve 'Flash' (April 19, 2005). "Haiku D'Etat :: Coup De Theatre :: Decon/Project Blowed". RapReviews. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Music Review: Haiku D'Etat - Coup De Theatre". Tiny Mix Tapes . December 14, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ Meline, Gabe (December 15, 2004). "Metroactive Music | Best of 2004 Hip-Hop". North Bay Bohemian . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  8. ↑ Ryce, Jeff (December 22, 2004). "Critical Minded: Best of 2004". HipHopDX . Retrieved July 5, 2018– via Wayback Machine.
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