Daylight (EP)

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Daylight
AesopRockDaylight.jpg
EP by
Aesop Rock
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)
Genre Hip-hop
Length52:26
Label Definitive Jux
Producer
Aesop Rock chronology
Labor Days
(2001)		Daylight
(2002)		 Bazooka Tooth
(2003)

Daylight is an EP by American hip-hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released via Definitive Jux on February 5, 2002. It is also the title of a single from his 2001 album, Labor Days . The song is included on the EP, along with a reworking entitled "Night Light".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
HipHopDX 4.5/5 [2]
Muzik 5/5 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Stylus Magazine A− [5]
The Village Voice A− [6]

In 2015, Daylight was ranked at number 68 on Fact 's "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Daylight" Blockhead 4:25
2."Night Light"Blockhead4:17
3."Nickel Plated Pockets" (featuring Vast Aire) El-P 4:31
4."Alchemy" (featuring Blueprint) Blueprint 4:24
5."Forest Crunk"Blockhead4:39
6."Bracket Basher" Aesop Rock 5:38
7."Maintenance" (The song "Maintenance" ends at 4:33. After 14 minutes and 50 seconds of silence (4:33 – 19:23) begins the hidden song "One of Four".)
  • Blockhead
  • Aesop Rock
24:33

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 15

References

  1. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Daylight – Aesop Rock". AllMusic . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  2. ↑ J-23 (March 18, 2002). "Aesop Rock – Daylight". HipHopDX . Retrieved March 31, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Ashon, Will (February 2002). "Aesop Rock: Daylight EP (Def Jux)". Muzik (81): 83.
  4. ↑ Catucci, Nick (2004). "Aesop Rock". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  8–9. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ Martin, Tyler (September 1, 2003). "Aesop Rock – Daylight EP – Review". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 12, 2002). "2001 Gets Better". The Village Voice . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ Piyevsky, Alex; Geng; Twells, John; Raw, Son; Rascobeamer, Jeff (February 25, 2015). "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time". Fact . p. 34. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Aesop Rock Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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