Live from Rome is a solo studio album by American hip hop artist Sole. It was released on Anticon in 2005.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 22, 2005[1] | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 51:39 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
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| Singles from Live from Rome | ||||
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Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 62/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Cokemachineglow | 64/100[3] |
| Dusted Magazine | favorable[4] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10[5] |
| PopMatters |   [6] |
| Spin | B[7] |
| Stylus Magazine | C[8] |
| XLR8R | favorable[9] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.9 out of 10 and said, "Sole's socialist screeds work well when he raps them like he means them instead of couching them in layers of affected irony."[5] Dave Segal of XLR8R called it "Sole's most accomplished opus yet."[9] Meanwhile, Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album 3 stars out of 10, saying, "One or two songs in, the listener is convinced that Sole has something interesting to say; fifteen songs later, he's just an angry young man shouting about whatever."[6]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Sole, except "Banks of Marble" by Pedestrian
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cheap Entertainment" | Odd Nosdam | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Self Inflicted Wounds" | Alias | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Predictions" | Controller 7 | 1:12 |
| 4. | "Sin Carne" | Odd Nosdam | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Entalude" | Yasamin | 1:26 |
| 6. | "Locust Farm" | Telephone Jim Jesus | 1:48 |
| 7. | "Every Single One of Us" | Alias | 4:09 |
| 8. | "A Typical" | Alias | 1:27 |
| 9. | "Crisis" | Controller 7 | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Manifesto 232" | Odd Nosdam | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Banks of Marble" | Odd Nosdam | 3:03 |
| 12. | "Atheist Jihad" | Odd Nosdam | 2:55 |
| 13. | "Dumb This Down" | Odd Nosdam | 3:14 |
| 14. | "Imsotired" | Alias | 4:20 |
| 15. | "On Martyrdom" | Tepr | 5:24 |
| 16. | "Theme" | Matt | 3:53 |
| 17. | "Drive By Detournment" | Tepr | 4:34 |
| Total length: | 51:39 | ||
Personnel
editCredits adapted from liner notes.
- Sole – vocals, mixing (5, 15, 17)
- Jel – additional vocals (1)
- Pedestrian – additional vocals (1)
- Odd Nosdam – production (1, 4, 10–13), mixing (1, 4, 6, 10–13, 15, 17), additional production (7), additional mixing (7)
- Alias – production (2, 7, 8, 14), mixing (7, 14)
- Jeremy Goody – mixing (2, 3, 8, 9)
- Controller 7 – production (3, 9)
- Yasamin – production (5)
- Telephone Jim Jesus – production (6)
- Bleubird – vocals (12)
- Tepr – production (15, 17)
- Matt – production (16), mixing (16)
- George Horn – mastering
References
edit- ^ "Discography". Anticon. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
- ^ a b "Live From Rome by Sole". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Betz, Chet (February 16, 2005). "Sole: Live From Rome". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
- ^ Wilmoth, Charlie (February 24, 2005). "Sole - Live From Rome". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Howe, Brian (February 20, 2005). "Sole: Live From Rome". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Schiller, Mike (April 27, 2005). "Sole: Live from Rome". PopMatters. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ Aaron, Charles; Dolan, Jon; Caramanica, Jon; Gross, Joe (April 2005). "Breakdown". Spin: 108.
- ^ Simmons, Will (March 15, 2005). "Sole - Live From Rome". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Segal, Dave (March 1, 2005). "Sole: Live From Rome". XLR8R. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
External links
edit- Live from Rome at Discogs (list of releases)