| The Message at the Depth | ||||
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| Released | September 4, 2002 (Japan) [1] February 11, 2003 (Overseas) [2] | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, trip hop, electronic | |||
| Length | 59:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records, RED Ink Records | |||
| Producer | DJ Krush, Jel, Sly and Robbie | |||
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The Message at the Depth is the seventh solo studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released in 2002. It peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | favorable [4] |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork | 4.2/10 [5] |
| PopMatters | favorable [6] |
| XLR8R | favorable [7] |
Tamara Palmer of XLR8R wrote: "With beats and melodies that outline the caliber of a classical composer, Krush rocks the international flavor that's he's honed on previous efforts with a true global hip-hop hybrid." [7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trihedron" (featuring The Opus) | 6:30 |
| 2. | "Toki no Tabiji (Journey of Time)" (featuring Inden) | 6:18 |
| 3. | "Sanity Requiem" | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Supreme Team" (featuring Antipop Consortium) | 3:49 |
| 5. | "The Blackhole" | 9:19 |
| 6. | "Song for John Walker" (featuring Anticon) | 5:35 |
| 7. | "D'You Hear That" | 0:59 |
| 8. | "Aletheuo (Truthspeaking)" (featuring Angelina Esparza) | 5:12 |
| 9. | "The Lost Voices" (featuring Sly and Robbie) | 5:08 |
| 10. | "But the World Moves On" (featuring D-Madness and Masato Nakamura) | 6:32 |
| 11. | "What About Tomorrow" (featuring Abijah) | 6:07 |
| Chart | Peak position |
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| French Albums (SNEP) [8] | 101 |
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [3] | 23 |
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