Veteran (JPEGMafia album)

Veteran is the second studio album by American rapper JPEGMAFIA. It was released on January 19, 2018, by Deathbomb Arc.[7][8]

Veteran
Studio album by
JPEGMAFIA
ReleasedJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)
Genre
Length47:13
Label
Producer
JPEGMAFIA chronology
Black Ben Carson
(2016)		 Veteran
(2018)		 All My Heroes Are Cornballs
(2019)
Singles from Veteran
  1. "Baby I'm Bleeding"
    Released: December 1, 2017

A music video for "Baby I'm Bleeding" was released on December 1, 2017.[9] A second video was released on May 18, 2018 for "Real Nega".[10] On September 12, 2018, a video for "1539 N. Calvert" was released.[11]

The album was released to widespread critical acclaim and was featured in numerous year-end lists; in 2019, Pitchfork listed it at number 171 in their list of best albums of the decade.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.7/10[12]

Veteran was met with widespread acclaim from critics.[13][14][15][16]

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2018
37
[17]
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
171
[18]
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2018
41
[19]
Spin The 51 Best Albums of 2018
24
[20]
NME The Albums of the Year 2018
68
[21]
Rolling Stone The 30 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018
20
[22]
The 405 The Top 50 Albums of 2018
7
[23]
The Quietus 100 Best Albums of 2018
78
[24]

Track listing

All tracks are written by JPEGMafia except for track 2, which is co-produced with Chef Warren[25].

No.TitleLength
1."1539 N. Calvert"2:37
2."Real Nega"2:31
3."Thug Tears"3:18
4."Dayum"1:25
5."Baby I'm Bleeding"2:32
6."My Thoughts on Neogaf Dying"1:34
7."Rock N Roll Is Dead"3:08
8."DD Form 214" (featuring Bobbi Rush)3:15
9."Germs"2:41
10."Libtard Anthem" (featuring Freaky)1:20
11."Panic Emoji"3:00
12."DJ Snitch Bitch Interlude"1:23
13."Whole Foods"2:04
14."Macaulay Culkin"1:57
15."Williamsburg"3:33
16."I Cannot Fucking Wait Til Morrissey Dies"1:26
17."Rainbow Six" (featuring Yung Midpack)4:43
18."1488"2:28
19."Curb Stomp"2:15
Total length:47:13

Notes

  • On the Bandcamp release, "Panic Emoji" is listed as "😱".
  • The streaming versions of the album has the features uncredited, while the Bandcamp version credits them.

References
  1. Farrow, David (December 17, 2018). "2018: Favorite 50 Music Releases". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. St. Michael, Jonathan (September 18, 2019). "JPEGMAFIA All My Heroes Are Cornballs". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 18, 2019. 2018's critically acclaimed Veteran was a warped and glitchy blend of experimental and industrial hip-hop
  3. Pearce, Sheldon (October 4, 2019). "Radical rapper Jpegmafia: 'Black people have things to be mad about'". The Guardian. Retrieved October 12, 2019. ...his album, Veteran, bracing noise-rap with a radical lyrical agenda...
  4. Williams, Aaron (September 18, 2019). "Jpegmafia's Satirical 'All My Heroes Are Cornballs' Mocks The Pageantry Of Modern-Day Rap". Uproxx. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. Kot, Greg (February 7, 2019). "Jpegmafia has developed his own hip-hop vocabulary, and is riding it to success". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  6. Cavalcanti, Amanda (March 13, 2018). "O pós-trap de JPEGMAFIA em 'Veteran'". Vice (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  7. Brown, August (June 29, 2018). "L.A. rapper JPEGMAFIA lashes out at the right and the 'fake-woke' left. Just don't call it 'trolling'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. "JPEGMAFIA - Albums". Jpegmafia.net. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. Ham, Robert (December 1, 2017). "JPEGMAFIA Presents Dizzying New Video for 'Baby I'm Bleeding'". Paste. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  10. Burney, Lawrence (May 18, 2018). "JPEGMAFIA's "Real Nega" Video Is a Calming Contrast to His Hectic Output". Noisey. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  11. Burney, Lawrence (September 12, 2018). "JPEGMAFIA's video for "1539 N. Calvert" is an ode to Baltimore's Bell Foundry Space". The Fader. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  12. Thompson, Paul A. (January 31, 2018). "JPEGMAFIA: Veteran". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  13. Moyer, Matthew (February 14, 2018). "Rapper JPEGMAFIA laughs while the world burns". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  14. Thompson, Paul A. (31 January 2018). "JPEGMAFIA: Veteran Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  15. Breihan, Tom (21 February 2018). "JPEGMAFIA Makes Murky Lo-Fi Rap Into Something Exciting". Stereogum. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  16. Darville, Jordan (22 February 2018). "JPEGMAFIA rules, and here's proof". The Fader. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  17. "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Pitchfork.com. December 11, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  18. "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. October 8, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  19. "The 100 Best Albums of 2018". Noisey. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  20. "The 51 Best Albums of 2018". Spin. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  21. "NME's Albums Of The Year 2018". NME. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  22. "30 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018". Rolling Stone. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  23. "The 405's Top 50 Albums of 2018". 20 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  24. Turner, Luke (December 4, 2018). "Quietus Albums of the Year 2018, in Association with Norman Records". The Quietus. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  25. Veteran (liner notes). JPEGMafia. 2018
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