White Van Music

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White Van Music
White Van Music.jpg
Studio album by
Jake One
ReleasedOctober 7, 2008 (2008-10-07)
Genre Hip hop
Length66:26
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Jake One
Jake One chronology
White Van Music
(2008)		 The Stimulus Package
(2010)
Singles from White Van Music
  1. "The Truth" / "Trap Door"
    Released: October 7, 2008

White Van Music is the debut studio album by American hip hop producer Jake One. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on October 7, 2008. [1] It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, [2] number 49 on the Independent Albums chart, [3] and number 94 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic favorable [6]
Exclaim! mixed [7]
HipHopDX 4.0/5 [8]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [9]
RapReviews.com8/10 [10]
Spin favorable [11]
XLR8R 7/10 [12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, White Van Music received an average score of 73, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, commenting that "the quality of the beats easily overcomes the somewhat odd novelty of hearing backpackers in close quarters with hardcore rappers, and with each listen it starts feeling more and more natural to have an all-star CD where M.O.P. and Little Brother both have hot tracks." [9] Omar Mouallem of Exclaim! wrote, "Ultimately what it accomplishes (aside from a consistently and continuously good listen) is solidify Rhymesayers Entertainment as a serious label no longer limited to underground status." [7]

HipHopDX included White Van Music on the "Top 25 Hip Hop Albums of 2008" list. [13]

Jeff Weiss of LA Weekly placed "Get 'Er Done" at number 38 on the "50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008" list. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I'm Coming" (featuring Black Milk and Nottz)3:07
2."Gangsta Boy" (featuring M.O.P.)3:11
3."The Truth" (featuring Freeway and Brother Ali)3:34
4."Turn It Down"0:50
5."God Like" (featuring D. Black)2:29
6."Bless the Child" (featuring Little Brother)4:22
7."Oh Really" (featuring Posdnuos and Slug)2:48
8."Hi"0:48
9."Trap Door" (featuring MF Doom)2:14
10."Dead Wrong" (featuring Young Buck)3:36
11."Kissin' the Curb" (featuring Bishop Lamont and Busta Rhymes)3:35
12."How We Ride" (featuring Freeway)4:37
13."White Van" (featuring The Alchemist, Evidence, and Prodigy)3:16
14."Big Homie Style" (featuring J. Pinder, GMK, and Spaceman)4:24
15."Scared" (featuring Blueprint)2:29
16."Great Sound"1:03
17."Get 'Er Done" (featuring MF Doom)2:24
18."Feelin' My Shit" (featuring Casual)3:23
19."Soil Raps" (featuring Keak da Sneak)4:07
20."Glow" (featuring Elzhi and Royce da 5'9")3:08
21."R.I.P."1:38
22."Home" (featuring Vitamin D, C Note, Maine, and Ish)5:21
Total length:66:26
Expanded edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
23."Hurt U" (featuring Pharoahe Monch and Kardinal Offishall)3:38
Total length:70:04

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [2] 10
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [4] 94

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