Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (K-the-I??? album)

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Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Studio album by
K-the-I???
ReleasedNovember 4, 2008 (2008-11-04) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length39:30
Label Mush Records
Producer Thavius Beck
K-the-I??? chronology
Broken Love Letter
(2006)		Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
(2008)		Synesthesia
(2011)
Singles from Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
  1. "Finger Painting"
    Released: 2008 [2] [3]

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is a studio album by American hip hop artist K-the-I???. [4] It was originally released through Mush Records on November 4, 2008. [5] In Europe, it was released through Ninja Tune on October 20, 2008. [1] A music video was created for "Lead the Floor". [6]

Contents

Production

Having met at the 2006 South by Southwest, K-the-I??? and Thavius Beck remixed each others' songs. [7] Afterward, in order to make the album, K-the-I??? moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Los Angeles, California. [7] Entirely produced by Thavius Beck, [8] the album features vocal contributions from Nocando, Thavius Beck, Vyle, Subtitle, High Priest, Busdriver, and Mestizo. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Cyclic Defrost favorable [10]
Exclaim! favorable [11]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Now NNN [12]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
XLR8R 6.5/10 [13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [9]

Andrew Martin of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, calling it "another top-notch album in 2008." [5] Brigid Moore of XLR8R gave the album a 6.5 out of 10 and commented that "K-the-I??? has a bright future ahead." [13] Omar Mouallem of Exclaim! praised Thavius Beck's production, stating: "His beats are charged with high-voltage electricity and are as interesting as the words above or below them." [11] Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, writing: "Fans of esoteric underground rap should take notice." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."400 on the BPM"1:38
2."Before the Session"2:08
3."Trading Places" (featuring Nocando)2:22
4."Decisions"2:52
5."Cell-Shaded/Daydreams/Nightmares"3:02
6."Marathon Man" (featuring Thavius Beck)2:55
7."Let's Make Moves" (featuring Vyle)2:32
8."Lead the Floor"3:00
9."Stylin'" (featuring Subtitle)2:02
10."Never Heard It Done Like This" (featuring High Priest)2:37
11."Just Listen"3:59
12."Sabbath Faster" (featuring Busdriver)2:13
13."Finger Painting"2:51
14."Man or Machine" (featuring Mestizo)5:30
Total length:39:30

References

  1. 1 2 "MH-264: K-The-I??? - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". Mush Records . Archived from the original on May 2, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Finger Painting by K-The-I???". Ninja Tune . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Finger Painting - Single by K-the-i???". iTunes . Apple Inc. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Thompson, Ben (October 12, 2008). "Urban review: k-the-i???, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". The Guardian . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Martin, Andrew (January 5, 2009). "K-the-I???: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". PopMatters . Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Video / Artist / Album / Director". Mush Records . Archived from the original on May 2, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Ziegler, Chris (December 7, 2008). "k-the-i???: Ko-Nichi-Wa, Wack Rapper!". L.A. Record . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Lymangrover, Jason. "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - K-the-I???". AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow by K-The-I???". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ Stronell, Wayne (September 27, 2008). "K-The-I??? – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Mush/Big Dada/Inertia)". Cyclic Defrost . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  11. 1 2 Mouallem, Omar (February 17, 2009). "K-the-I??? - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". Exclaim! . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  12. ↑ Stewart, Addi (January 14, 2009). "K-The-I???: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Mush)". Now . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  13. 1 2 Moore, Brigid (December 17, 2008). "K-the-I???: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow". XLR8R . Archived from the original on December 24, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
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