Slanguage (album)

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Slanguage
Studio album by Awol One and Daddy Kev
Released March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18) [1]
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length59:06
Label Mush Records
Producer Daddy Kev
Awol One and Daddy Kev chronology
Number 3 on the Phone
(2002)		Slanguage
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Brainwashed favorable [3]
Dusted Magazinefavorable [4]
Exclaim! favorable [5]
Pitchfork 5.5/10 [6]
PopMatters favorable [7]
XLR8R mixed [8]

Slanguage is the third collaborative studio album by Awol One and Daddy Kev. It was released on Mush Records on March 18, 2003. It features contributions from D-Styles.

Anthony Martin, better known by his stage name Awol One, is an alternative hip hop artist based in Los Angeles, California.

Kevin Marques Moo, better known by his stage name Daddy Kev, is a Grammy-nominated mixer, mastering engineer and producer from Los Angeles, California. He is the owner of Alpha Pup Records and founder of Low End Theory. He has produced tracks for rappers such as Awol One, Busdriver, Sage Francis, and Subtitle. He is one half of the duo Reefer along with Nicholas Thorburn of Islands.

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

Contents

Critical reception

Rob Theakston of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "it's probably the closest fusion of free improv jazz and hip-hop that's ever been committed to disc." [2] He called it "a record that requires intense concentration and immediate attention in order for everything to make sense." [2] Dave Heaton of PopMatters said, "Slanguage finds Awol One and Daddy Kev taking a schizophrenic approach to MCing and DJing, switching everything up constantly, while creating a continuous mood that makes the album feel more like one piece of music than a collection of songs." [7]

AllMusic online music database

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ear Drums for Beer Runs at AA"0:41
2."Start Your Road Trip Now"1:23
3."My Father Is Time, My Mother Is Nature"1:21
4."Six Black Roses Are Sent to Your House"2:58
5."Audio Bibles Are Written on Stone Tablet Tables"1:05
6."Finger Paint with Bloodlike War Paint"2:31
7."That One Song That You Play When You're Faded"2:10
8."Mechanical Angel in Purgatory"1:47
9."Reflections for Scratching Your Face Off"2:31
10."Grey Skys in Psycho-Delic RGB"1:27
11."Idiot Savant Autistic Delivery"5:34
12."Bootleg Monster Movies"5:13
13."Montgomery Burns' Quest for Power"3:22
14."Bladder Sweat A.K.A. Colon Soup Rockin' the Mic"4:16
15."My Favorite Weapon Selection"1:07
16."High School Love Story Drop Out Song"4:42
17."Psychos vs. Suckers Are the Branch Davidians"0:45
18."Buyin' Friends on Ebay"3:41
19."Slowly Means God Is My Witness"3:02
20."A Trainwreck in the Netherworlds"3:37
21."The Rules of the Week"5:03
22."Turn Your Lights Off Conspiracy"0:50

Personnel

Dave Cuasito, better known by his stage name D-Styles, is a hip hop producer and DJ. He has been a member of Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Beat Junkies, and Third Sight. He is a resident of Low End Theory.

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References

  1. ↑ "MH-214: AWOL One & Daddy Kev - Slanguage". Mush Records . Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Theakston, Rob. "Slanguage - AWOL One". AllMusic . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Fynes, Gord (August 23, 2003). "Awol One and Daddy Kev, "Slanguage"". Brainwashed . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Thomas-Glass, Daniel (April 25, 2003). "Awol One and Daddy Kev / Fat Jack - Slanguage / Propaganda". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (April 2003). "Awol One & Daddy Kev - Slanguage". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ Shepherd, Julianne (March 27, 2003). "Awol One / Daddy Kev: Slanguage". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Heaton, Dave (June 1, 2003). "Awol One and Daddy Kev: Slanguage". PopMatters . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ DJ Anna (May 30, 2003). "Awol One and Daddy Kev: Slanguage". XLR8R . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
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