Float (Aesop Rock album)

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Float
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2000 (2000-09-05) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length69:20
Label Mush Records
Producer Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Omega One
Aesop Rock chronology
Appleseed
(1999)
Float
(2000)
Labor Days
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
CMJ New Music Monthly favorable [3]
Exclaim! mixed [4]
RapReviews9/10 [5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Float is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released on Mush Records on September 5, 2000. The production was handled by Aesop Rock, Blockhead, and Omega One.

Contents

Reception

Brad Mills of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "surprising, analytical, darkness, mystery, lyricism, and jealous." [2]

In 2014, Joseph Schafer of Stereogum named it Aesop Rock's third best record and said: "The whole record sounds more anxious than his more assured later work, which makes for an exciting listen." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Float" Aesop Rock 1:54
2."Commencement at the Obedience Academy" Blockhead 3:45
3."Big Bang"Aesop Rock5:00
4."Garbage"Aesop Rock4:01
5."I'll Be OK" (featuring Slug)Blockhead3:00
6."Breakfast with Blockhead"Blockhead0:36
7."Basic Cable" (sample "Offering" by Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass)Blockhead4:11
8."Fascination"Aesop Rock3:46
9."Oxygen"Blockhead5:17
10."Skip Town"Omega One4:22
11."6B Panorama"Aesop Rock2:02
12."Lunch with Blockhead"Blockhead0:21
13."Spare a Match"Blockhead4:51
14."Attention Span" (featuring Vast Aire)Blockhead3:51
15."How to Be a Carpenter"Aesop Rock4:43
16."Prosperity"Aesop Rock3:56
17."No Splash"Blockhead4:02
18."Drawbridge" (featuring Doseone)Blockhead4:45
19."Dinner with Blockhead"Blockhead0:47
20."The Mayor and the Crook"Aesop Rock4:10

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