Let It Go (House Shoes album)

Let It Go
Studio album by House Shoes
Released June 19, 2012 (2012-06-19)
Genre
Length 2:03:59
Label Tres Records
Producer DJ House Shoes

Let It Go is a debut studio album by American DJ and producer House Shoes, released on June 19, 2012 via Tres Records.[1] It featured guest appearances by the likes of Black Milk, Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Danny Brown, Fatt Father & Marv Won of The Fat Killahz, Gangrene, Guilty Simpson & Hexmurda of Almighty Dreadnaughtz, Roc Marciano, and more. The record is available as double CD album, vynil and digital download.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Exclaim![4]
RapReviews[5]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a score of 69, based on 5 reviews. Patrick Taylor of RapReviews praised the album saying, "Most of Let It Go is solid, but there are some skippable tracks". Adam Finlay of PopMatters said, "The result is a more cohesive album than most tight rap collectives".[6] Del F. Cowie of Exclaim! said, "If J. Dilla has been Detroit hip-hop's most influential recent figure, then DJ HouseShoes is the stern, no-frills custodian of that legacy, known to regulate violators and opportunists circling the music James Yancey created".[7] Marcus J. Moore of BBC said, "Excessive interludes drag the runtime and make the project feel a bit unfocused – but these missteps don’t subtract too much from the overall premise".[8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Let It Go" (featuring Shafiq Husayn)1:09
2."Empire / Get Down"3:48
3."Goodfellas To Bad Boys / Dank Interlude" (featuring Moe Dirdee)3:47
4."Dirt / Jeedo Interlude" (featuring Greneberg)3:24
5."Time / Hex Interlude" (featuring Big Tone)4:10
6."Crazy / Bahbahbahbah" (featuring Black Milk & Guilty Simpson)2:37
7."Last Breath / Mayer & Shoes" (featuring Nottz, Oh No & MED)4:21
8."Keep On / Helluva" (featuring Co$$ aka Cashus King)3:03
9."Sweet / Noodles" (featuring Danny Brown)3:46
10."So Different / Moody Interlude" (featuring Chali 2na)3:08
11."Everything (Modern Family) / Without You" (featuring Fattfather)2:24
12."Sunrise / Love" (featuring Black Spade)2:43
13."Trouble / Royce Interlude" (featuring Moe Dirdee & MarvWon)3:42
14."Nails / Broken" (featuring Quelle Chris & Guilty Simpson)3:56
15."Castles (The Sky Is Ours) / My Brother" (featuring Jimetta Rose)4:47
16."Cry Now / Gone"4:07
17."Roller Coaster" (featuring Self Says & Fat Albert Einstein)5:07
18."Empire Reprise" (featuring Sam Beaubien of Will Sessions)2:03

Personnel

  • Eric Coleman – photography
  • Michael Buchanan – producer
  • Scott "Tenacity" Martin – audio mixing

References

  1. ↑ "House Shoes – Let It Go – STREET CORNER MUSIC". streetcornerscm.com. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Reviews for Let It Go by HouseShoes". Metacritic. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Let It Go – HouseShoes". AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Cowie, Del F. (2012-06-19). "HouseShoes Let It Go". Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Patrick (2012-06-26). "House Shoes :: Let It Go :: Tres Records". RapReviews. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  6. ↑ "House Shoes: Let It Go". PopMatters. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  7. ↑ "HouseShoes Let It Go". Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  8. ↑ Moore, Marcus J. "BBC – Music – Review of House Shoes – Let It Go". Retrieved 2017-02-03.


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