Desired Effect
| Desired Effect | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 29, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 49:30 | |||
| Label | Green Streets Entertainment | |||
| Producers | ||||
| Moka Only chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Desired Effect | ||||
Desired Effect is a studio album by Canadian rapper, singer and producer Moka Only. It was released by Green Streets Entertainment on September 29, 2006. The album was produced by Moka Only, J Dilla, Sixtoo, Oh No, and J. Rawls, and features one guest appearance from MF Doom.
In the liner notes of the album he wrote, "THIS is what I really wanted The Desired Effect to be.. raw, continuous and to the point".[3] When later asked about the album in 2017 he said, "You can hear a lot of my personal turmoil throughout that whole album. The only good moments during that time period were the actual recording sessions. It was therapeutic and the music allowed me to get everything off my chest".[4]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllHipHop |   [5] |
| Okayplayer | [6] |
Greg Watkins of AllHipHop explained "Moka offers up lyrics like a more abstract Common and a sound similar to the Digable Planets-without all that jazz. The lyrical content is hard to decipher by listening even several times over, but somehow that does not make the album less enjoyable." He noted Moka's "conceptual" rhymes and said "the music emits a certain warmth".[5]
Barometern claimed "the rhythms are rawer, more audacious, more fragmentary and experimental" than his 2003 album Lowdown Suite, and described it as having "a space funk feel".[7]
Okayplayer stated "This project is akin to Slum Village's Fantastic Voyage Vol. 2, A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders, or some Common ish" and said "the entire project just has that Dilla vibe". They also noted "Moka establishes his own identity with skillful lyrics, crafty wordplay, diverse subject matter".[6]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Producer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | Moka Only | 1:06 |
| 2. | "Desired Effect" | Moka Only | 3:02 |
| 3. | "Oh-Six" | Moka Only | 2:43 |
| 4. | "Weener" | Moka Only | 2:20 |
| 5. | "All I Know" | Moka Only | 2:54 |
| 6. | "So Heavy" | Moka Only | 3:19 |
| 7. | "Miscommunication" | Moka Only | 3:20 |
| 8. | "Nektar" | Moka Only | 3:13 |
| 9. | "One Time (the re-up version)" | J Dilla | 2:31 |
| 10. | "Problems 2003" | Moka Only | 3:11 |
| 11. | "It's Done" | Moka Only | 3:21 |
| 12. | "Grumble Grumble" | Moka Only | 3:34 |
| 13. | "Help Us" | Moka Only | 2:44 |
| 14. | "Chill" | Moka Only | 3:27 |
| 15. | "More Soup" (featuring MF Doom) | Sixtoo | 2:13 |
| 16. | "Keep This Moving" | Oh No | 3:01 |
| 17. | "Stringbean" | J. Rawls | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 49:30 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "One Time - Single". Discogs.
- ↑ "More Soup - Single". Discogs.
- ↑ Denton, Daniel (September 29, 2006). Desired Effect (CD liner notes). Moka Only. Mammal Music/EMI/SOCAN. GSE-707.
THIS is what I really wanted The Desired Effect to be.. raw, continuous and to the point
- ↑ Ricci, Benjamin (March 21, 2017). "Moka Only Skirts the Line Between Jazz and Hip-Hop | Performer Mag". Performer Magazine.
- 1 2 Watkins, Greg. "Desired Effect". AllHipHop.
- 1 2 Blunt, Male (2007). "Moka Only - The Desired Effect Part Two". Okayplayer. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Moka Only". Barometern (in Swedish). November 24, 2006.