Fluorescent Black (album)

Fluorescent Black
Studio album by Anti-Pop Consortium
Released September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28)
Genre Hip hop
Length 55:10
Label Big Dada
Producer Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid, Earl Blaize, Alter Ego, MegMan
Anti-Pop Consortium chronology
Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp
(2003)		 Fluorescent Black
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBCfavorable[3]
Clash8/10[4]
Drowned in Sound8/10[5]
Exclaim!favorable[6]
MusicOMH[7]
Pitchfork7.0/10[8]
PopMatters[9]
Spinfavorable[10]

Fluorescent Black is a studio album by American hip hop group Anti-Pop Consortium. It was released on Big Dada on September 28, 2009.[9][11]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fluorescent Black received an average score of 79% based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "one of the best rap records of the year."[2] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! said, "Fluorescent Black is an exciting, energetic return for a group long overdue for a new release, and it might just be the best Anti-Pop Consortium album to date."[6] Adam Park of Clash gave the album an 8 out of 10, describing it as "a futuristic blueprint that will subtly define the coming decade's urban landscape."[4]

Dan LeRoy of Dallas Observer included it on the "Best Hip-Hop of 2009" list.[12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Lay Me Down"3:52
2."New Jack Exterminator"4:22
3."Reflections"3:28
4."Shine"2:27
5."C Thru U"2:10
6."Volcano"3:06
7."Timpani"4:09
8."The Solution"3:20
9."Get Lite"3:28
10."NY to Tokyo" (featuring Roots Manuva)3:26
11."Superunfrontable"4:01
12."Born Electric"3:00
13."Apparently"2:28
14."End Game"2:17
15."Capricorn One"3:10
16."Dragunov"1:28
17."Fluorescent Black"4:56

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Anti-Pop Consortium

  • Beans – vocals, production
  • High Priest – vocals, production
  • M. Sayyid – vocals, production
  • Earl Blaize – production, engineering, mixing

Additional musicians

  • Dolphin – guitar (1, 3, 12)
  • MegMan – bass guitar (1, 3, 4), synthesizer (1, 6), production (11)
  • Alter Ego – production (4)
  • Celina Gray – vocals (4)
  • Leslie Klyachman – vocals (4)
  • Kristina Zubkova – vocals (4)
  • Michael Figaro – vocals (6)
  • David Nelson – vocals (9)
  • La Sonya Gunter – vocals (9, 11, 12)
  • Roots Manuva – vocals (10)
  • Shawn Keys – keyboards (12), strings (12)
  • Mr Live – vocals (15)

Technical personnel

  • Dan Huron – recording (12, 17)
  • Tony Dawsey – mastering
  • Ron Croudy – design
  • Mark Evans – illustration
  • Timothy Saccenti – photography

References

  1. 1 2 "Fluorescent Black by Anti-Pop Consortium". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bush, John. "Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Stubbs, David (2009). "Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black - Review". BBC. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Park, Adam (September 3, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". Clash. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Gibb, Rory (September 30, 2009). "Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  6. 1 2 Quinlan, Thomas (October 20, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  7. ↑ Clarke, Jude (September 28, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium – Fluorescent Black". MusicOMH. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ Harvell, Jess (October 8, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Fluorescent Black". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  9. 1 2 Ross, Daniel (October 13, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Fluorescent Black". PopMatters. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (October 23, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium, 'Fluorescent Black' (Big Dada)". Spin. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Fluorescent Black - Anti-Pop Consortium". Big Dada. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  12. ↑ LeRoy, Dan (December 14, 2009). "Year in Review: The Best Hip-Hop of 2009: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love da Bomb". Dallas Observer. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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