Machines That Make Civilization Fun

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Machines That Make Civilization Fun
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Studio album by
Bigg Jus
ReleasedJune 5, 2012 (2012-06-05) [1]
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length37:27
Label Mush Records
Producer Bigg Jus
Bigg Jus chronology
Poor People's Day
(2005)		Machines That Make Civilization Fun
(2012)
Singles from Machines That Make Civilization Fun
  1. "Black Roses"
    Released: April 17, 2012 [2]

Machines That Make Civilization Fun is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Bigg Jus, a former member of Company Flow. It was released on Mush Records in 2012. [1] "Black Roses" was released as a single from the album. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Music favorable [4]
Exclaim! favorable [5]
Fact Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Skinny 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 65, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! wrote, "Machines That Make Civilization Fun is Bigg Jus's best, most well-rounded solo album so far, but it's still a difficult listen that will likely limit the album's appeal to advanced listeners only." [5] Emma H. Sundstrom of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, stating, "It's hard to gauge now how dated it will sound in five or ten years, but at this moment, it's the neurotic and deafening sound of a civilization whose machines are beginning to break down, and it sounds terrifyingly familiar." [7] Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that "Far from instant gratification, what this album offers is a puzzle-box of rhymes and beats to decode; at times cryptic, at others feral and intense." [8]

Fact placed it at number 50 on the "50 Best Albums of 2012" list. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Crossing the Line"1:10
2."Game Boy Predator"3:44
3."Black Roses"2:57
4."Advanced Lightbody Activation"2:59
5."Empire Is a Bitch (Fake Arab Spring Mix)"3:05
6."Food for Thought (Shit Sandwiches)"2:16
7."Hard Times for New Lovers"2:56
8."Machines That Make Civilization Fun"5:07
9."Polymathmatics (Restore Balance Out Think a Savage Trick)"1:50
10."Redemption Sound Dub"2:07
11."Samson Op-Ed"3:21
12."Kush Star Catalog"2:09
13."Respective of F1 Dub"3:46
Total length:37:27

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  3. 1 2 "Machines That Make Civilization Fun by Bigg Jus". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Chick, Stevie (June 1, 2012). "Bigg Jus - Machines That Make Civilization Fun - Review". BBC Music . Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Quinlan, Thomas (May 8, 2012). "Bigg Jus Machines That Make Civilization Fun". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ Lea, Tom (May 25, 2012). "Bigg Jus: Machines That Make Civilisation Fun". Fact . Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
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  8. 1 2 Gieben, Bram E. (May 2, 2012). "Bigg Jus – Machines That Make Civilization Fun". The Skinny . Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  9. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2012". Fact . December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
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