Dr. No's Ethiopium is the fourth album by hip hop rapper and producer Oh No.
Dr. No's Ethiopium | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 16, 2009 | |||
Genre | Hip hop Trip hop Ethiopian music Instrumental hip hop | |||
Label | Disruption Productions | |||
Producer | Oh No | |||
Oh No chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
HipHopDX | [1] |
Pitchfork | 7.7/10[2] |
Background
editThis solely instrumental album was released by Disruption Productions in 2009, and is described as an "album inspired-by and sampled-from rare 60s and 70s Ethiopian funk, jazz, folk, soul and psychedelic rock."[3] The track "The Funk" was used in a Mountain Dew commercial. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, that TV placement "beat CD sales 10 to 1 in terms of profit."[4]
Track listing
edit- "Pardon Me"
- "Madness"
- "The Funk"
- "Concentrate"
- "Xcalibur"
- "Pussy"
- "Adventure"
- "Soul Of Ethiopia"
- "Dare Say"
- "World Traveler"
- "Scary"
- "Carnival"
- "Louder"
- "Electronic Monsters"
- "Problematic"
- "Fuego Tribe"
- "Midnight Missions"
- "Melody Mix"
- "Drive By"
- "Juke Joint"
- "Loopadors"
- "Laxatives"
- "Raw Block"
- "Sneaky"
- "A Hundred"
- "Ox Therapy"
- "Butta"
- "All My"
- "Fresh Bacon"
- "Crazzzzy"
- "Funeral Parlor"
- "Strong"
- "Questions"
- "The Pain"
- "Great Oracle"
- "Whoo Doo"
- All tracks written by Oh No.
References
edit- ^ Hip Hop DX review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ "Stones Throw Records — Oh No".
- ^ Martins, Chris (August 22, 2010). "Broken Record: Music in the Download Era — L.A.'s string of indie labels succeeds with a jack-of-all-trades approach". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010.
External links
edit- Dr. No's Ethiopium at Discogs (list of releases)
- Oh No on Stones Throw
- Oh No on MySpace
- Stones Throw Records