Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp

Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp
Studio album by SpaceGhostPurrp
Released	June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)
Recorded	2011–2012
Studio	Raider Klan
Genre	Hip-hop phonk
Length	57:55
Label	4AD
Producer	SpaceGhostPurrp
SpaceGhostPurrp chronology
God of Black (2012) Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp (2012) B.M.W. (2012)
Instrumental release
Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp (Instrumental Version)

Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp is the debut studio album by American hip-hop musician SpaceGhostPurrp. ^[1] It was released by 4AD on June 12, 2012. ^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
BBC	mixed [4]
Consequence of Sound	C− [5]
HipHopDX	[6]
NME	7/10 [7]
Pitchfork	8.0/10 [8]
PopMatters	[9]
Spin	5/10 [10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69% based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[2]

Ian Cohen of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.0 out of 10, saying, "even if these tracks aren't familiar to you from previous mixtapes, each asserts itself largely with same qualities that have defined 4AD's roster since the beginning: mesmerizing use of reverb and negative space, hooks derived from the phonetic and rhythmic qualities of words rather than their meaning, constructions of alternate realities." ^[8]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by SpaceGhostPurrp.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mystikal Maze"	4:12
2.	"Bringing the Phonk"	3:11
3.	"Osiris of the East"	3:24
4.	"Suck a Dick 2012"	4:50
5.	"Get Yah Head Bust"	3:11
6.	"Been Fweago"	3:45
7.	"Grind on Me"	2:17
8.	"The Black God"	3:34
9.	"No Evidence"	7:04
10.	"Paranoid"	4:17
11.	"Danger"	5:19
12.	"Elevate"	4:07
13.	"Don't Give a Damn"	2:56
14.	"Raider Prayer"	4:39
Total length:		57:55

Bonus track

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Lustful 97"	6:22
Total length:		64:17

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [11]	38

References

1. Hyman, Dan (June 6, 2012). "Album Premiere: SpaceGhostPurrp, 'Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
2. "Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of Spaceghostpurrp by SpaceGhostPurrp". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
3. Jeffries, David. "SpaceGhostPurrp - Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp". AllMusic . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
4. Loucaides, Darren (2012). "SpaceGhostPurrp - Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp - Review". BBC . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
5. Kivel, Adam (June 21, 2012). "SpaceGhostPurrp – Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
6. Mlynar, Phillip (June 11, 2012). "SpaceGhostPurrp - Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles Of SpaceGhostPurrp". HipHopDX . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
7. Howard, Tom (June 12, 2012). "SpaceGhostPurrp - 'Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles Of SpaceGhostPurrp'". NME . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
8. Cohen, Ian (June 13, 2012). "Spaceghostpurrp: Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
9. Amidon, David (July 19, 2012). "SpaceGhostPurrp: Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of Spaceghostpurrp". PopMatters . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
10. Soderberg, Brandon (June 19, 2012). "SpaceGhostPurrp, 'Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp' (4AD)". Spin . Retrieved October 11, 2015.
11. "SpaceGhostPurrp - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard . Retrieved January 14, 2016.

External links

• Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp at Discogs (list of releases)