Easy Listening 4 Armageddon

Easy Listening 4 Armageddon
Studio album by Mike Ladd
Released June 10, 1997 (1997-06-10)
Genre Hip hop
Length 51:03
Label Scratchie Records
Producer Mike Ladd, Dennis Kelley
Mike Ladd chronology
Easy Listening 4 Armageddon
(1997)		 Welcome to the Afterfuture
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
JazzTimesfavorable[3]

Easy Listening 4 Armageddon is the first studio album by American hip hop musician Mike Ladd. It was released on Scratchie Records in 1997.

Reception

Tony Green of JazzTimes gave the album a favorable review, saying: "Ignoring the all too common impulse to pile texture on top of texture, Ladd constructs 12 tracks that cajole as effectively as his richly imagistic poetry."[3] Dan LeRoy of AllMusic commented that "through a series of lo-fi beats and loops that make stunning use of a few choice samples, Ladd creates an eerie soundscape that perfectly matches his muttered musings."[1]

Greg Kot of Chicago Tribune called it "one of the most accomplished hip-hop debuts in recent years."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Libations"0:28
2."The Tragic Mulatto Is Neither"4:18
3."Kissin' Kecia"4:11
4."Bush League Junkie"3:23
5."Padded Walls"4:58
6."Back Stroke"3:06
7."Blade Runner"7:17
8."Maniac"2:47
9."I'm Building a Bodacious Bodega for the Race War"5:08
10."Off the Coast of Okrakoke"5:28
11."Easy Listening for Armageddon"4:48
12."The Post Apocalypse Arkestra"5:11

References

  1. 1 2 LeRoy, Den. "Mike Ladd - Easy Listening 4 Armageddon". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kot, Greg (October 31, 1997). "Mike Ladd Easy Listening for Armageddon". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Green, Tony (February 1998). "Mike Ladd - Easy Listening for Armageddon". JazzTimes. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
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