Monolith (Omid album)

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Monolith
Studio album by
Omid
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2003 (2003-09-16)
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length60:05
Label Mush Records
Producer Omid
Omid chronology
Distant Drummer
(2002)		Monolith
(2003)		Afterwords 3
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! mixed [1]
HipHopDX 8/10 [2]
Pitchfork Media 6.2/10 [3]
PopMatters mixed [4]
The Portland Mercury Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
SF Weekly favorable [6]

Monolith is a studio album by American hip hop producer Omid. It was released on Mush Records in 2003.

Omid Walizadeh, also known as Omid or OD, is a hip hop producer based in Long Beach, California. He has produced tracks for the likes of Freestyle Fellowship, Busdriver, 2Mex, Subtitle, and Awol One.

Mush Records is an American independent record label. It was founded by Robert Curcio and Cindy Roché in 1997.

Contents

Reception

Anna Klafter of SF Weekly gave Monolith a favorable review, saying: "This combination of instrumentals and guest rappers creates the perfect sonic balance." [6]

SF Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper in San Francisco, California. The newspaper, distributed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area every Thursday, is published by the San Francisco Newspaper Company. Founded locally in the late 1970s by Christopher Hildreth and Edward Bachman and originally named ‘San Francisco Music Calendar, the Magazine or Poster Art’, Christopher saw a need for local artists to have a place to advertise performances and articles. The key feature was the centerfold calendar listings for local art events. Bought by Village Voice Media in 1995, SF Weekly has garnered notable national journalism awards. The paper sponsored the SF Weekly Music Awards, also known as the "Wammies."

It was ranked at number 35 on the CMJ's "Hip-Hop 2003" chart. [7]

CMJ Holdings, Corp. was a music events and online media company which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published CMJ New Music Monthly.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Arrival/Departure"3:57
2."Robert L. Ripley" (featuring Hymnal)5:06
3."Up"2:55
4."Live from Tokyo" (featuring Luckyiam.PSC, Slug, Aceyalone, Murs, and DJ Drez)6:42
5."Sound of the Sitar"3:27
6."Double Header" (featuring Buck 65)4:45
7."Research"3:09
8."Myth Behind the Man" (featuring Abstract Rude and 2Mex)4:12
9."Speakers Hot"3:09
10."I'm Just a Bill" (featuring Spoon (of Iodine))3:26
11."Ripple Study"3:44
12."Shock and Awe" (featuring Busdriver)3:30
13."Always Being Born"5:37
14."Club Apotheosis" (featuring Hymnal)6:26

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References

  1. ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (September 30, 2003). "Omid - Monolith". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ J-23 (January 9, 2004). "Omid - Monolith". HipHopDX . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Pemberton, Rollie (November 18, 2003). "Omid: Monolith". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Morris, David (October 22, 2003). "Omid: Monolith". PopMatters . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Segal, Dave (October 2, 2003). "CD Review". The Portland Mercury . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Klafter, Anna (October 29, 2003). "Omid - Monolith". SF Weekly . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Hip-Hop Charts 2003 - The Year in Review: Hip-Hop 2003 (Covering 1/7/2003 to 12/9/2003)". CMJ New Music Report (846): 20. December 29, 2003.
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