| The Slickness | ||||
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| Released | July 27, 2004 [1] | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 42:43 | |||
| Label | Lex Records | |||
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The Slickness is the first solo studio album by Prince Po, one half of American hip hop duo Organized Konfusion. It was released on Lex Records in 2004. It peaked at number 53 on the CMJ Top 200 chart. [2]
80 percent of the album was written at Danger Mouse's house in California. [3] The album's production was handled by Jel, Madlib, Danger Mouse, Richard X, J-Zone, and Prince Po himself. [4]
In a 2005 interview, Prince Po stated that his favorite song on the album was "Be Easy". [5] The song was dedicated to the late Matt Doo, who drew the cover art for Organized Konfusion's Stress: The Extinction Agenda and committed suicide years afterwards. [5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Dusted Magazine | favorable [6] |
| Exclaim! | favorable [7] |
| HipHopDX | 7.5/10 [8] |
| The Irish Times | [9] |
| MusicOMH | favorable [10] |
| The Observer | [11] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 [12] |
| Stylus Magazine | C+ [13] |
| XLR8R | favorable [14] |
David Jeffries of AllMusic called the album "a victory for all involved." [1] He added: "It's rough and rugged, real and approachable, and you'll have to make plenty of room on your mixtapes for all the highlights within." [1] Jamin Warren of Pitchfork wrote: "Despite a handful of occasional blunders, Po helms an excellent release." [12] DJ Anna of XLR8R commented that "Madlib, Danger Mouse and J-Zone create the background for Po's mesmerizing delivery here, and each track drips with heart and soul as a classic voice collaborates with the best of today's talent." [14] Meanwhile, Dom Passantino of Stylus Magazine wrote: "You just can't help but wonder what it'd be like if he put everything of himself into it." [13]
A single from the album, "Hold Dat", received a favorable review from DJ Shadow. [15] Writing for The New York Times , DJ Shadow said: "Underground rap is finally emerging from its own conservatism and embracing the present, evidenced by the adventurous production on this single from Richard X." [15]
CMJ New Music Monthly placed the album at number 19 on the "20 for 04" list. [16] Tom Dunmore of The Guardian placed it at number 7 on the "Most Beautiful Sleeves of 2004" list. [17]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello" | Jel | 2:16 |
| 2. | "Too Much" | Madlib | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Love Thang" | Danger Mouse | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Hold Dat" (featuring Jemini and Rell) | Richard X | 4:08 |
| 5. | "It's Goin' Down" (featuring Stone) | J-Zone | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Social Distortion" (featuring MF Doom) | Danger Mouse | 3:08 |
| 7. | "The Slickness" | Madlib | 2:53 |
| 8. | "Grown Ass Man" | Prince Po | 3:58 |
| 9. | "Bump Bump" (featuring Raekwon) | Madlib | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Meet Me at the Bar" (featuring J-Ro and J-Zone) | J-Zone | 5:09 |
| 11. | "Fall Back" (featuring Jemini and Cairo) | Danger Mouse | 4:45 |
| 12. | "Be Easy" | Prince Po | 3:44 |
| Total length: | 42:43 | ||
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Hold Dat (Club Remix)" (featuring Jemini and Rell) | Richard X | 3:17 |
| Total length: | 46:04 | ||
Credits adapted from the CD edition's liner notes.
Organized Konfusion (OK) is an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York, composed of Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch.
Brian Joseph Burton, known professionally as Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from the Beatles' The Beatles, also known as The White Album. In 2008, Esquire named him one of the "75 most influential people of the 21st century".
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Stress: The Extinction Agenda is the second full-length album by Queens hip hop duo Organized Konfusion, released on August 16, 1994, on Hollywood BASIC.
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The Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It mixes an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album with samples from the Beatles' self-titled ninth album, commonly known as "The White Album". The Grey Album gained notoriety when EMI attempted to halt its distribution despite approval of the project from Jay-Z and the two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
Sleep No More is the first studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Signify. It was released on Lex Records on April 20, 2004. It features guest appearances from Sage Francis and Buck 65. The album peaked at number 86 on the CMJ Top 200 chart.
The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel is the only studio album by Deep Puddle Dynamics, a collaboration between Sole, Doseone, Alias, and Slug. It was released on Anticon in 1999. The title of the album comes from a "western haiku" by Jack Kerouac.
Troy Donald Jamerson, better known by his stage name Pharoahe Monch, is an American rapper from South Jamaica, Queens, New York. He is known for his complex lyrics, intricate delivery, and internal and multisyllabic rhyme schemes.
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