| Riddim Warfare | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1998 |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | favorable [2] |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | favorable [3] |
| Vibe | favorable [4] |
Riddim Warfare is a 1998 studio album by DJ Spooky. It includes contributions from Sir Menelik, Kool Keith, Killah Priest, Thurston Moore, Ben Neil, Arto Lindsay, and Mariko Mori. [5]
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that "Only one man could conceive of an album including turntable battles, a workout for Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore, and a spoken-word piece on the same album." [1] Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club said, "the record is a surprisingly lithe and notably straightforward exercise in hip-hop psychedelia." [2] Marc Weingarten of Vibe called it "the most cohesive and rhythmically righteous album of his career." [4]
All tracks are written by Paul D. Miller, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pandemonium" | 1:29 | |
| 2. | "Synchronic Disjecta" | 4:26 | |
| 3. | "Object Unknown" | Paul D. Miller, Keith Thornton, L. Phillip Collington, Jr., Larry Smith, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels | 5:14 |
| 4. | "It's Nice Not to Lose Your Mind" | 0:36 | |
| 5. | "Dialectical Transformation I (A Parallax View)" | 1:34 | |
| 6. | "Post-Human Sophistry" | 3:53 | |
| 7. | "Quilombo Ex Optico" | 3:32 | |
| 8. | "Rekonstruction" | Paul D. Miller, Larry Baskerville, Troy Jamerson | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Scientifik" | Paul D. Miller, L. Phillip Collington, Jr. | 3:43 |
| 10. | "A Conversation" | 3:26 | |
| 11. | "Peace in Zaire" | 7:59 | |
| 12. | "Dialectical Transformation II (Du Nouveau Monde)" | 1:14 | |
| 13. | "Degree Zero" | Paul D. Miller, Walter Reed | 4:50 |
| 14. | "Roman Planetaire" | 3:57 | |
| 15. | "Bass Digitalis" | 1:02 | |
| 16. | "Polyphony of One" | 6:19 | |
| 17. | "Riddim Warfare" | Paul D. Miller, Keith Thornton | 3:20 |
| 18. | "The Nerd" | 1:43 | |
| 19. | "Dialectical Transformation III (Soylent Green)" | 2:11 | |
| 20. | "Theme of the Drunken Sailor" | 5:18 | |
| 21. | "Twilight Fugue" | 2:12 |
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