Poly.Sci.187

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Poly.Sci.187
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Studio album by
Mansbestfriend
ReleasedMay 29, 2007 (2007-05-29)
RecordedJanuary 2006 – September 2006
Genre Instrumental hip hop
Length40:27
Label Anticon
Producer Sole
Mansbestfriend chronology
Mansbestfriend Pt. 3: My Own Worst Enemy
(2005)		Poly.Sci.187
(2007)		Mansbestfriend Vol. 5
(2011)

Poly.Sci.187, later retitled Mansbestfriend 4: Poly.Sci.187, is an instrumental studio album by American hip hop artist Sole. It was released on Anticon on May 29, 2007. [1]

Contents

Sole adopted the "Mansbestfriend" moniker for this album (as he had first done for The New Human Is Illegal, a revised version of Mansbestfriend Pt. 2: No Thanks ). He intended to release instrumental work under that name. However, "Mansbestfriend" has since reverted to the title of a series of self-produced albums (as it began) with the release of fifth and sixth entries in the series in 2011. Poly.Sci.187 thereby retroactively became Mansbestfriend 4.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
XLR8R unfavorable [5]

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a dismal, electronic-leaning set that moves around sloshily without much heed for reason or direction." [2] She added, "The record's production is messy and distracted, never quite deciding what it actually wants to do, trying too much and too little at the same time, and since this is, for all practical consideration, an instrumental (Sole lays down and samples his own vocal tracks a few times, but the words are always low in the mix), this lack of attention to actual purpose detracts from it greatly." [2] Eric Harvey of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, stating that it "proves that he can remove his signature musical element and still create a record that pushes many of the same affective buttons while moving out in unconventional directions." [3] Gentry Boeckel of PopMatters gave the album 2 stars out of 10, writing, "Poly.Sci.187 is easily the weakest recording in his catalogue, a tossed-off artistic diversion that hardly anyone besides his closest friends and labelmates will hear, or care about." [4] David Ma of XLR8R said, "Sole is surely a creative artist, but Poly.Sci.187 is an unremarkable footnote in his otherwise strong discography." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dedemma Speaks"1:11
2."The Teachings of Leviticus"2:13
3."Wilting Onward"3:22
4."High Noon and Sobered"3:21
5."Allieverwanted"2:55
6."Stuck in My Head Since I Was 12"2:53
7."Giant Man Eating Bird"1:42
8."Bosnian Jazz"1:24
9."Spin the Humans"2:35
10."50 at 30"0:52
11."Firefish"1:34
12."Father vs. Courage"2:40
13."Party Till We Drop"2:26
14."Missile Defense"4:09
15."How Big Is Space"3:18
16."6 Million Wayz 2 Live"3:44
Total length:40:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sole - mansbestfriend - poly.sci.187". Anticon . Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Brown, Marisa. "Poly.Sci.187 - Sole". AllMusic . Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Harvey, Eric (June 4, 2007). "Mansbestfriend: Poly.sci.187". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Boeckel, Gentry (June 20, 2007). "Mansbestfriend: Poly.Sci.187". PopMatters . Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Ma, David (April 13, 2007). "Mansbestfriend - Poly.Sci.187". XLR8R . Archived from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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