Take Me to Your Leader (¡Mayday! album)

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Take Me to Your Leader
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Studio album by ¡Mayday!
ReleasedMarch 26, 2012
Recorded2011–2012
Genre Hip hop, rap rock, alternative rock, alternative hip hop
Length69:00
Label Strange Music
Producer ¡Mayday!
¡Mayday! chronology
Stuck on an Island
(2010)
Take Me to Your Leader
(2012)
Believers
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Take Me To Your Leader is the third album by ¡Mayday! and debut album on Tech N9ne and Travis O'Guin's Strange Music, independent record label. The album was released on March 26, 2012, after being pushed forward a day from March 27. An instrumental version of the album was later released on January 29, 2013 entitled Take Me To Your Speakers.

¡Mayday! is an American hip hop group from Miami, Florida. The group consists of rappers Bernz and Ben Miller along with producer, and percussionist Andrews Mujica ; keyboard player and guitarist Aaron Eckhart, drummer Terrel, and bassist Gianni Perocapi were part of the group until 2015. The band is currently signed to Tech N9ne's Strange Music label.

Tech N9ne American rapper

Aaron Dontez Yates, better known as Tech N9ne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games. In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards.

Strange Music record label

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Contents

Background

¡Mayday! signed to Strange Music in April 2011. Take Me To Your Leader was announced in late 2011 after ¡Mayday! appeared on 3 tracks of Tech N9ne's Welcome to Strangeland: "The Noose", "Retrogression" and "EMJ (Emotional Musical Journey)".

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Reception

Travis O'Guin, CEO of Strange Music, considers the album to be the best work ever released on the label, going on to say he only felt this way before about Tech N9ne's Anghellic . HipHopDX gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "an extremely well-written album that actually means something".

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Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Badlands" (featuring Tech N9ne)Plex Luthor4:39
2."Death March"Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash3:22
3."Roaches"Plex Luthor3:28
4."Highs & Lows" (featuring Ace Hood)Plex Luthor3:43
5."R.E.M."Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash3:34
6."Lando's Jam"Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash2:47
7."Due In June"Plex Luthor3:01
8."Dig It Out"Plex Luthor4:08
9."Imprint" (featuring Jovi Rockwell)Plex Luthor & Wrekonize3:44
10."TNT" (featuring Dead Prez)Plex Luthor4:45
11."Hardcore Bitches" (featuring Murs)Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash3:49
12."Last Days" (featuring Krizz Kaliko)Wrekonize & Plex Luthor3:23
13."Everything's Everything"Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash4:39
14."Devil On My Mind" (featuring Liz Suwandi)Gianni Cash & Plex Luthor2:50
15."20/20"Gianni Cash3:56
16."Keep Em On"Plex Luthor & Bernz4:09
17."Take Me To Your Leader"Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash3:05
18."June"Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash3:02
19."Last Minute Trip"Plex Luthor & Gianni Cash2:56
Total length:69:00
Strange Music Pre-Order Digital Bonus Track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
20."Who You Know" ¡Mayday! 2:42

Charts

Charts (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 92
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [4] 18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 18
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) [6] 15

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