Craft of the Lost Art

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Craft of the Lost Art
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Studio album by Shape of Broad Minds
Released August 26, 2007 (2007-08-26)
Genre Hip hop
Length66:09
Label Lex Records
Producer Jneiro Jarel
Shape of Broad Minds chronology
Blue Experience EP
(2007)		Craft of the Lost Art
(2007)		Raiders of the Lost Mix
(2007)
Singles from Craft of the Lost Art
  1. "OPR8R"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Cyclic Defrost favorable [2]
Metro Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Spin favorable [4]
XLR8R favorable [5]

Craft of the Lost Art is the first studio album by Shape of Broad Minds. It was released on Lex Records in 2007.

Lex Records is an independent record label based in Camden, London.

Contents

Production

Shape of Broad Minds was a group made up of Jneiro Jarel, Dr. Who Dat?, Jawwaad, Panama Black, and Rocque Wun. [6] With the exception of Jawwaad, the rest of the group were aliases of Jneiro Jarel. [6] In an interview with Clash , Jarel stated that Craft of the Lost Art came out of a deep depression, saying, "I'd had a bad year and felt really low, like I was drowning, so I built the album around that." [7] He described it as "an album left in a treasure chest underwater." [7] The album featured guest appearances from MF Doom, Count Bass D, John Robinson, Stacy Epps, and Deborah Jordan. [6]

Omar Jarel Gilyard, known by his stage name Jneiro Jarel, is an American recording artist, music producer, composer and DJ. Recognized for his versatile, abstract, and often experimental style, he is also known for his beat-making alias Dr. Who Dat? and his groups Willie Isz, JJ DOOM and Shape of Broad Minds, who've shared the stage with artists ranging from Jay-Z to Radiohead. He has collaborated with artists such as Damon Albarn, Count Bass D, Massive Attack, TV on the Radio and Kimbra among others.

<i>Clash</i> (magazine)

Clash is a music and fashion magazine and website based in the United Kingdom. It is published four times a year by Music Republic Ltd, its predecessor Clash Music Ltd having gone into liquidation.

MF Doom hip hop artist from America

Daniel Dumile, best known by his stage name MF Doom, is an English-born, US-based rapper recording artist and record producer from Long Island, New York. Best known for his "super villain" stage persona and unique lyrics, Dumile has taken on several stage names in his career. He has appeared in several collaborative projects such as Madvillain, Danger Doom, Doomstarks, JJ Doom, NehruvianDoom, and Czarface Meets Metal Face.

Critical reception

Vincent Thomas of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an exploratory album, with no terrain off limits." [1] Tom Smith of Cyclic Defrost said, "it's forward thinking, soulful, honest, hip hop that has been in high rotation around here for several weeks." [2] Jesse Serwer of XLR8R said, "SOBM flips a spaced-out jazzy aesthetic that at various points recalls Digable Planets, Antipop Consortium, and J Dilla." [5]

AllMusic online music database

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<i>Cyclic Defrost</i>

Cyclic Defrost is an Australian specialist electronic music magazine. It was founded and edited by Sebastian Chan, with current editors Bob Baker Fish, Chris Downton and Peter Hollo. It covers independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and left field hip hop.

<i>XLR8R</i> web magazine

XLR8R is a website that covers music, culture, style, and technology. It was originally also a print magazine.

Siobhan Murphy of Metro gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "There's variety and invention aplenty, moments of beauty and sly humour, but ultimately the album's 23 tracks add up to a cohesive hip hop offering of genuine significance." [3] Mosi Reeves of Spin said, "[Jneiro Jarel is] better off handing the mic to guest MCs Count Bass D, MF Doom, and Stacy Epps and focusing on his richly textured, next-level beats." [4]

<i>Metro</i> (British newspaper) Free tabloid newspaper published by DMG Media, based in London

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<i>Spin</i> (magazine) American magazine

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PopMatters placed it at number 90 on the "101 Hip-Hop Albums of 2007" list. [8]

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Gorilla Mash"1:33
2."Light Years Away"2:53
3."Let's Go" (featuring MF Doom)4:24
4."Changes"3:44
5."Nahuma (Interlude)"0:43
6."OPR8R"6:16
7."Budda Fly Away"5:02
8."Unnamed"0:49
9."It Lives On" (featuring Count Bass D)1:19
10."So Much (Chaos)" (featuring Lil Sci a.k.a. John Robinson)4:29
11."Buzz Around Town"1:55
12."They Don't Know" (featuring Stacy Epps)3:04
13."Bopper Blocker"1:16
14."Electric Blue"4:26
15."Mermaid (Outro)"0:55
16."It Ain't Dead!"1:48
17."Beast from da East"1:36
18."Lullabanger (Thelonious Dedication)"3:30
19."Viberian Sun"2:10
20."There 4 Me"3:03
21."Stiff Robots and Drunken Horses"3:26
22."Solo (Underwater)" (featuring Deborah Jordan)3:48
23."1 2 C"4:00

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References

  1. 1 2 Thomas, Vincent. "Shape of Broad Minds - Craft of the Lost Art". AllMusic . Retrieved March 14, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Tom (November 14, 2007). "Shape of Broad Minds – Craft of the Lost Art (Lex/Inertia)". Cyclic Defrost . Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Murphy, Siobhan (September 17, 2007). "Shape Of Broad Minds: Craft Of The Lost Art". Metro . Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Reeves, Mosi (November 23, 2007). "Shape of Broad Minds, 'Craft of the Lost Art' (Lex)". Spin . Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Serwer, Jesse (November 5, 2007). "Shape of Broad Minds: Craft of the Lost Art". XLR8R . Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Shape Of Broad Minds: Craft of The Lost Art". Lex Records . Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "The Shape of Broad Minds". Clash . September 1, 2007. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ Huff, Quentin B. (January 15, 2008). "101 Hip-Hop Albums of 2007". PopMatters . Retrieved May 18, 2016.
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