Sweep the Leg

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Sweep the Leg
HangarSweeptheLeg.jpg
Studio album by Hangar 18
Released October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
Genre Hip hop
Length50:13
Label Definitive Jux
Producer DJ paWL, Blockhead
Hangar 18 chronology
The Multi-Platinum Debut Album
(2004) The Multi-Platinum Debut Album2004		Sweep the Leg
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllHipHop favorable [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! favorable [3]
Pitchfork 5.7/10 [4]
XLR8R 4/10 [5]

Sweep the Leg is the second studio album by American hip hop music group Hangar 18. [2] It was released on Definitive Jux on October 23, 2007. [2] "Dance with Me" features a vocal contribution from Slug of Atmosphere. [2]

Hangar 18 was an American hip hop group from New York City, New York. It consisted of Alaska, Windnbreeze, and DJ Pawl. The group was signed to Definitive Jux. The group has gained recognition touring with other artists, including El-P, Aesop Rock, Mos Def, RJD2, and Gym Class Heroes.

Definitive Jux is a record label based in New York City. It was co-founded in 1999 by El-P and Amaechi Uzoigwe.

Slug (rapper) rapper

Sean Michael Daley, better known by his stage name Slug, is an American rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). Turner has since left and Anthony Davis (Ant) produces Atmosphere with Slug. In 1995, Slug, in collaboration with Anthony Davis, Musab Saad, and Brent Sayers founded the Minneapolis-based independent hip hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Contents

Reception

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, commenting that "Hangar 18's two MCs, Alaska and Windnbreeze, both have good, clean flows, and even though they don't move much from the quick triplet delivery they're most comfortable with, their verses never end up sounding monotonous or predictable." [2] Neil Acharya of Exclaim! said, "the appreciation of this album can vary widely for those that place a high value on lyrical content." [3]

AllMusic online music database

AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web.

<i>Exclaim!</i> magazine

Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists. Content is based on the monthly print publication, which publishes 9 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers. Their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month.

Meanwhile, Sam Chennault of Pitchfork gave the album a 5.7 out of 10, saying, "It's clear that, individually, Alaska and Windbreeze are talented, and it's tempting to be impressed by the sheer quantity of lyrics here, but their voices are too smooth, bereft of the gruff crevices or the aching cracks that reveal personality." [4]

<i>Pitchfork</i> (website) online music magazine

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois, and owned by Condé Nast. Being developed during Schreiber's tenure in a record store at the time, the magazine developed a reputation for its extensive focus on independent music, but has since expanded to a variety of coverage on both indie and popular music.

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Highly Anticipated"DJ paWL2:10
2."Watchyoself"DJ paWL3:51
3."The West Wing" Blockhead 4:15
4."...That I Know What I Want"DJ paWL2:46
5."Jump Muthafuh"DJ paWL4:21
6."Sad"DJ paWL5:27
7."Feet to Feet"DJ paWL4:59
8."Really Wide"DJ paWL4:01
9."Bakin Soda"DJ paWL2:24
10."Dance with Me" (featuring Slug)DJ paWL4:35
11."Room to Breathe"Blockhead4:15
12."Think Big"DJ paWL3:37
13."Last Stop"DJ paWL3:32

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References

  1. ↑ O'Neal, Eavvon (November 1, 2007). "Hangar 18: Sweep The Leg". AllHipHop . Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Brown, Marisa. "Sweep the Leg - Hangar 18". AllMusic . Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Acharya, Neil (October 25, 2007). "Hangar 18 - Sweep the Leg". Exclaim! . Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Chennault, Sam (November 12, 2007). "Hangar 18: Sweep the Leg". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ Byrne, Michael (January 2, 2008). "Hangar 18: Sweep the Leg". XLR8R . Retrieved May 2, 2017.
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