Bossalinis & Fooliyones

Bossalinis & Fooliyones
Studio album by Main Attrakionz
Released October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)
Genre Hip hop
Length 68:32
Label Young One Records
Producer The Mekanix, Rob Lo, YS, Supreme Cuts, Joe Wax, Uptown Greg, Metro Zu, Harry Fraud, Zaytoven, Ammbush, Warroom, Al Jieh, Grown Folk
Main Attrakionz chronology
Bossalinis & Fooliyones
(2012)		 808s & Dark Grapes III
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. ClubB[2]
BBCfavorable[3]
Exclaim!8/10[4]
NME6/10[5]
Pitchfork7.1/10[6]
PopMatters[7]
Spin7/10[8]

Bossalinis & Fooliyones is the first studio album by American hip hop duo Main Attrakionz. It was released on Young One Records on October 22, 2012.[9] The album is produced by Harry Fraud, Zaytoven, and Supreme Cuts, among others.[10] It features vocal contributions from Gucci Mane and Shady Blaze.[11]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Bossalinis & Fooliyones received an average score of 71% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Peter Marrack of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, calling it "a taut, humble and profoundly aware medley of late afternoon joy ― the best time to listen to it."[4] Zach Kelly of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.1 out of 10, saying: "Here are two guys who clearly love to rap and work hard at it, taking a style they can call their own, and presenting it in a more user-friendly way."[6]

Bossalinis & Fooliyones was listed by Spin as the "Rap Release of the Week".[12] Fact placed it at number 25 on the "50 Best Albums of 2012" list.[13] SF Weekly named it one of the "10 Best Bay Area Hip-Hop Records of 2012".[14]

Track listing

No.TitleProducerLength
1."Green on Sight"The Mekanix3:28
2."Liquor Runs"Rob Lo2:36
3."La Piñata"The Mekanix3:50
4."LFK"YS4:00
5."Take U There"Supreme Cuts3:06
6."Cloud Life"Joe Wax4:18
7."On Tour"Uptown Greg4:32
8."Sex in the City"Metro Zu3:51
9."Do It for the Bay" (featuring Davinci)Harry Fraud3:28
10."Superstitious" (featuring Gucci Mane)Zaytoven4:48
11."24th Hour"Harry Fraud4:07
12."Wings" (featuring Shady Blaze)Ammbush4:52
13."Rainy Days" (featuring Monsta)Uptown Greg4:33
14."Love Is Life"Supreme Cuts4:14
15."Bury Me a Millionaire"Warroom4:35
16."Zoney Nights"Al Jieh3:56
17."Cloud Body"Grown Folk4:18

References

  1. 1 2 "Bossalinis & Fooliyones by Main Attrakionz". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sundermann, Eric (October 16, 2012). "Main Attrakionz: Bossalinis & Fooliyones". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ Gardner, Noel (October 22, 2012). "Main Attrakionz - Bossalinis & Fooliyones - Review". BBC. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Marrack, Peter (October 23, 2012). "Main Attrakionz - Bossalinis & Fooliyones". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ Calvert, John (October 19, 2012). "Main Attrakionz – 'Bossalinis & Fooliyones'". NME. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Kelly, Zach (October 30, 2012). "Main Attrakionz: Bossalinis & Fooliyones". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ Amidon, David (December 12, 2012). "Main Attrakionz: Bossalinis & Fooliyones". PopMatters. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  8. ↑ Powell, Mike (October 15, 2012). "Main Attrakionz, 'Bossalinis & Fooliyones' (Young One)". Spin. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  9. ↑ Saxelby, Ruth (October 28, 2012). "Main Attrakionz interview: "The game chose us."". Dummy. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ Zeichner, Naomi (October 16, 2012). "Stream Main Attrakionz' Album Bossalinis & Fooliyones". The Fader. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  11. ↑ Bustard, Andy (October 16, 2012). "Stream Main Attrakionz's 'Bossalinis & Fooliyones' In Full". Prefix. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  12. ↑ Soderberg, Brandon (October 25, 2012). "Rap Release of the Week: Main Attrakionz's 'Bossalinis & Fooliyones'". Spin. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  13. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2012 (Page 27 of 51)". Fact. December 3, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  14. ↑ "The 10 Best Bay Area Hip-Hop Records of 2012 (Page 1 of 3)". SF Weekly. December 21, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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