Float (Aesop Rock album)

Float
Studio album by Aesop Rock
Released September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)[1]
Genre Hip hop
Length 69:20
Label Mush Records
Producer Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Omega One
Aesop Rock chronology
Appleseed
(1999)		 Float
(2000)		 Labor Days
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
CMJ New Music Monthlyfavorable[3]
Exclaim!mixed[4]
RapReviews.com9/10[5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Float is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released on Mush Records on September 5, 2000. The production is handled by Aesop Rock, Blockhead, and Omega One.

Reception

Brad Mills of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "surprising, analytical, darkness, mystery, lyricism, and jealous."[2]

In 2014, Joseph Schafer of Stereogum named it Aesop Rock's third best record and said: "The whole record sounds more anxious than his more assured later work, which makes for an exciting listen."[7]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Float"Aesop Rock1:54
2."Commencement at the Obedience Academy"Blockhead3:45
3."Big Bang"Aesop Rock5:00
4."Garbage"Aesop Rock4:01
5."I'll Be OK" (featuring Slug)Blockhead3:00
6."Breakfast with Blockhead"Blockhead0:36
7."Basic Cable" (sample "Offering" by Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass[8])Blockhead4:11
8."Fascination"Aesop Rock3:46
9."Oxygen"Blockhead5:17
10."Skip Town"Omega One4:22
11."6B Panorama"Aesop Rock2:02
12."Lunch with Blockhead"Blockhead0:21
13."Spare a Match"Blockhead4:51
14."Attention Span" (featuring Vast Aire)Blockhead3:51
15."How to Be a Carpenter"Aesop Rock4:43
16."Prosperity"Aesop Rock3:56
17."No Splash"Blockhead4:02
18."Drawbridge" (featuring Doseone)Blockhead4:45
19."Dinner with Blockhead"Blockhead0:47
20."The Mayor and the Crook"Aesop Rock4:10

References

  1. ↑ "MH-202 Aesop Rock - Float". Mush Records. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Mills, Brad. "Aesop Rock - Float". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ John, Kevin (October 2000). "Aesop Rock - Float". CMJ New Music Monthly: 53.
  4. ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (September 30, 2000). "Aesop Rock - Float". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Noixe (December 5, 2000). "Aesop Rock :: Float :: Mush Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Aesop Rock". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside Books. p. 8.
  7. ↑ Schafer, Joseph (May 8, 2014). "Aesop Rock Albums From Worst To Best: #3 Float (2000)". Stereogum. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Basic Cable by Aesop Rock". Who Sampled. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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