Pick a Bigger Weapon

Pick a Bigger Weapon
Studio album by The Coup
Released	April 25, 2006 (2006-04-25)
Genre	Hip-hop rap rock funk
Length	65:13
Label	Epitaph Records
Producer	Boots Riley, Organized Elements
The Coup chronology
Party Music (2001) Pick a Bigger Weapon (2006) Sorry to Bother You (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A− [3]
Robert Christgau	A [4]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [5]
Pitchfork	7.9/10 [6]
PopMatters	[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
Stylus Magazine	C [9]

Pick a Bigger Weapon is the fifth studio album by American hip-hop group The Coup. It was released on Epitaph Records on April 25, 2006. It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, ^[10] as well as number 35 on the Independent Albums chart. ^[11]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78 based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[1]

Rolling Stone named it the 49th best album of 2006. ^[12] ThoughtCo placed it at number 9 on the "Best Rap Albums of 2006" list. ^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bullets and Love (Introduction)"	1:29
2.	"We Are the Ones"	4:15
3.	"Laugh/Love/Fuck"	3:46
4.	"My Favorite Mutiny" (featuring Black Thought and Talib Kweli)	4:35
5.	"IJusWannaLayArounAllDayInBedWithYou"	5:16
6.	"Head (of State)"	2:48
7.	"ShoYoAss"	6:20
8.	"Yes 'Em to Death"	1:17
9.	"Ass-Breath Killers"	3:00
10.	"Get That Monkey Off Your Back"	3:11
11.	"MindFuck (A New Equation)"	4:20
12.	"Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Down" (featuring Jello Biafra)	1:15
13.	"I Love Boosters!"	3:45
14.	"Tiffany Hall"	4:24
15.	"BabyLet'sHaveABabyBeforeBushDoSomethin'Crazy" (featuring Silk E)	4:23
16.	"Captain Sterling's Little Problem" (featuring Tom Morello)	4:31
17.	"The Stand"	6:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

The Coup

• Boots Riley – vocals, claps, drum programming, production, recording, mixing
• Pam the Funkstress – turntables

Additional musicians

• Michael Aaberg – synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), piano (4, 5, 7, 11, 16, 17), clavinet (7, 10), organ (10, 17)
• Steve Wyreman – guitar (1)
• IRS – vocals (2)
• Moses Kremer – guitar (2)
• Uriah Duffy – bass guitar (2, 11, 15)
• Oslem Asina – vocals (3)
• Silk E – vocals (3, 15)
• Reginald Brown – vocals (3)
• Dawn-Elissa Fischer – vocals (3, 5)
• Dave Council – bass guitar (3, 4, 10, 14), piano (13, 14), synthesizer (14)
• James Henry – congas (3), percussion (4)
• Black Thought – vocals (4)
• Talib Kweli – vocals (4)
• Rod Gadson – vocals (4)
• Viveca Hawkins – vocals (4, 9)
• Eric McFadden – guitar (4, 9, 10, 11)
• David James – guitar (5, 11, 14)
• Damion Gallegos – guitar (5), claps (5), recording
• John Payne – bass guitar (5)
• Damion Masterson – harmonica (5)
• Ben Barnes – viola (5, 14, 15), violin (5, 14, 15), cello (14)
• Rebekah Raff – harp (5)
• Brian Collier – drums (5)
• Degi Simmons – congas (5, 10)
• Kween – vocals (6, 17)
• Lawrence "L" Wiley – vocals (6, 16)
• Elijah Baker – bass guitar (6, 7, 13, 17)
• Reggie B. – vocals (7)
• B'nai Rebelfront – guitar (7)
• Dawud Allah – vocals (8)
• Jordan Rode – vocals (8)
• Butch – vocals (9)
• Alina Hubbard-Riley – vocals (10)
• stic.man – vocals (10)
• Dawud Allah – vocals (12)
• Jordan Rode – vocals (12), recording
• Jello Biafra – vocals (12)
• Jubu Smith – guitar (13, 14, 16)
• Myron Glasper – vocals (13, 14)
• D'wayne Wiggins – guitar (15)
• Reginald Brown – vocals (16)
• Tom Morello – guitar (16)
• Vernon Hall – bass guitar (16)
• Q Jackson – cymbal (17)
• Cameron Hunt – guitar (17)
• Pete Ortega – saxophone (17)
• Isaac Tena – trumpet (17)
• Organized Elements – drum programming (17), production (17)

Technical personnel

• Matt Kelley – recording, mixing
• Kenneth Hung – cover art

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [10]	24
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [11]	35

References

1. "Pick A Bigger Weapon by The Coup". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
2. Kellman, Andy. "Pick a Bigger Weapon - The Coup". AllMusic . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
3. Rabin, Nathan (April 26, 2006). "The Coup: Pick A Bigger Weapon". The A.V. Club . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
4. Christgau, Robert. "The Coup". Christgau's Consumer Guide . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
5. Hermes, Will (April 24, 2006). "Pick a Bigger Weapon". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
6. Macia, Peter (May 17, 2006). "The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
7. Heaton, Dave (April 24, 2006). "The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon". PopMatters . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
8. Newlin, Jimmy (April 23, 2006). "The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon". Slant Magazine . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
9. Gaerig, Andrew (April 26, 2006). "The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
10. "The Coup: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
11. "The Coup: Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
12. "Rolling Stone's Best Albums Of '06". Stereogum . December 14, 2006. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
13. "The 100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s". ThoughtCo . June 18, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

External links

• Pick a Bigger Weapon at Discogs (list of releases)