Daylight (EP)

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Daylight
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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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