Isthisforreal?

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Isthisforreal?
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Studio album by
The Koreatown Oddity
ReleasedJuly 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)
Genre Hip-hop [1]
Length24:54
Label Stones Throw
Producer
  • The Koreatown Oddity
  • Taz Arnold
The Koreatown Oddity chronology
Little Dominiques Nosebleed
(2020)		Isthisforreal?
(2022)
Singles from Isthisforreal?
  1. "Misophonia Love"
    Released: June 30, 2022 [2]

Isthisforreal? (stylized in all caps) is a studio album by American rapper and record producer Dominique Purdy under the pseudonym The Koreatown Oddity. It was released on July 22, 2022, through Stones Throw Records. It received generally favorable reviews from critics. [3]

Contents

Background

Dominique Purdy, also known as The Koreatown Oddity, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles. [4] Isthisforreal? is his first studio album since Little Dominiques Nosebleed (2020). [5] It was released on July 22, 2022, through Stones Throw Records. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Clash 6/10 [7]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 [8]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [9]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Isthisforreal? received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 from 6 critic scores. [3]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic commented that the album "deals with perceptions of reality, focusing on moments or situations that are particularly hard to believe, or painful to deal with." [6] He added, "The album taps out at 25 minutes, but it's urgent enough that it clearly makes its point within that time frame." [6] Tom Morgan of PopMatters stated, "It's not its creator's most compelling work, but it's a fascinating artifact nonetheless." [10] Steven Loftin of The Line of Best Fit wrote, "while this isn't an album filled with hooks or the most bombastic beats, it is instead filled with a flare that reeks of originality, moments that shine, and a drawl that explains even the heftiest of topics with inimitable calm." [11]

Kyle Kohner of Beats Per Minute placed it at number 36 on his list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2022". [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Koreatown Oddity, except "Homeboys in Outerspace" written with Kahil Sadiq. [13]

Isthisforreal? track listing [14]
No.TitleLength
1."Opening Confession"0:40
2."Fundrazors"2:34
3."Misophonia Love"1:58
4."Indifferent"1:49
5."Isthisforreal?"1:55
6."Homeboys in Outerspace"3:01
7."History Tension"2:09
8."Something or Nothing?"3:05
9."Helllooo???"3:17
10."Existential Landlord"1:41
11."An Endless Run"2:39
Total length:24:54

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [13] [15]

References

  1. ↑ Mlynar, Phillip (August 31, 2022). "The Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp: August 2022". Bandcamp Daily . Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  2. ↑ "MISOPHONIA LOVE | The Koreatown Oddity". Bandcamp . Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "ISTHISFORREAL? by The Koreatown Oddity". Metacritic . Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  4. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "The Koreatown Oddity". AllMusic . Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  5. 1 2 Rugoff, Lazlo (July 12, 2022). "The Koreatown Oddity asks ISTHISFORREAL? on new album". The Vinyl Factory . Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 Simpson, Paul. "ISTHISFORREAL? - The Koreatown Oddity". AllMusic . Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  7. ↑ Rigotti, Alex (July 25, 2022). "The Koreatown Oddity – ISTHISFORREAL?". Clash . Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  8. ↑ Loftin, Steven (July 21, 2022). "ISTHISFORREAL? questions reality, and if anyone can do that it's The Koreatown Oddity". The Line of Best Fit . Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  9. ↑ Tosiello, Pete (July 28, 2022). "The Koreatown Oddity: ISTHISFORREAL?". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  10. ↑ Morgan, Tom (August 2, 2022). "Hip-Hop Matters: The Best Hip-Hop of July 2022". PopMatters . Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  11. ↑ Loftin, Steven (December 21, 2022). "Staff Picks: The Year in Music". The Line of Best Fit . Archived from the original on September 14, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  12. ↑ Kohner, Kyle (December 20, 2022). "BPM Team's Personal 2022 Round-ups (page 6)". Beats Per Minute . Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  13. 1 2 The Koreatown Oddity (2022). Isthisforreal? (cassette liner notes). Stones Throw Records.
  14. 1 2 "ISTHISFORREAL? | The Koreatown Oddity". Bandcamp . Archived from the original on June 26, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  15. ↑ Stones Throw (July 21, 2022). "The Koreatown Oddity - ISTHISFORREAL? (Full Album)". YouTube . Retrieved February 28, 2026.
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