Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez

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Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 2009 (2009-11-16) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length68:07
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Aesop Rock
Felt chronology
Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet
(2005)
Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
(2009)
Felt 4 U
(2020)

Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez is the third studio album by Felt, an American hip hop duo made up of Murs and Slug. It is a concept album meant as a tribute to actress Rosie Perez. [2] Produced by Aesop Rock, it was released by Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2009. It peaked at number 131 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [6]
Pitchfork 5.8/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Protagonists"3:40
2."Felt Chewed Up"3:42
3."Get Cake"0:56
4."Bass for Your Truck"3:15
5."Like You"3:28
6."Permanent Standby"3:56
7."Kevin Spacey"1:11
8."Ghost Dance Deluxe"4:00
9."Revisiting the Styleetron"5:15
10."Whaleface"2:53
11."Glory Burning"4:14
12."Henrietta Longbottom"3:35
13."She Sonnet"3:43
14."Felt Good"1:27
15."Deathmurdermayhem"5:04
16."The Prize"2:40
17."G.I. Josephine"3:35
18."The Clap"0:52
19."We Have You Surrounded"3:35
20."Give It Up"3:46
21."Paul Reubens"3:30
Total length:68:07
Bandcamp edition bonus tracks [9]
No.TitleLength
22."Bass for Your Trunk (Ant Remix)"3:41
23."G.I. Josephine (The Grouch Remix)"3:30
Total length:75:18
10 year anniversary vinyl edition bonus disc: Slug disc [10]
No.TitleLength
1."Bass for Your Truck (Ant Remix)"3:41
10 year anniversary vinyl edition bonus disc: Murs disc [10]
No.TitleLength
1."G.I. Josephine (The Grouch Remix)"3:30
10 year anniversary vinyl edition bonus disc: Aesop Rock disc [10]
No.TitleLength
1."Protagonists (Full Clip Remix)" (featuring Blueprint, Scarub, and Cage)3:23

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 131
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 14
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 19

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