Blazing Arrow
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| Studio album by Blackalicious | ||
| Released | April 30, 2002 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |
| Length | 74:24 | |
| Label | MCA Records | |
| Producer(s) | Chief Xcel, ?uestlove, DJ Shadow, Hi-Tek, Ben Harper, Cut Chemist | |
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| Blackalicious chronology | ||
| Nia (2000) |
Blazing Arrow (2002) |
The Craft (2005) |
Blazing Arrow is the second full-length album by Blackalicious. It was released on April 30, 2002 on MCA Records.
[edit] Track listing
- "Introduction: Bow and Fire" – 1:06
- "Blazing Arrow" – 2:40
- "Sky Is Falling" – 2:26
- "First In Flight" (featuring Gil Scott-Heron) – 4:32
- "Green Light: Now Begin" – 3:12
- "4000 Miles" (featuring Chali 2na & Lateef) – 4:35
- "Nowhere Fast" – 6:41 (Drums by ?uestlove of The Roots)
- (#7 Includes postlude: "Purify")
- "Paragraph President" – 5:09
- (#8 Includes postlude: "Halfway Home")
- "It's Going Down" (featuring Lateef & Keke Wyatt) – 3:44
- "Make You Feel That Way" – 3:26
- "Brain Washers" (featuring Ben Harper) – 6:22
- (#11 Includes postlude: "Cool Aid Chemistry")
- "Chemical Calisthenics" (featuring Cut Chemist) – 3:21
- "Aural Pleasure" (featuring Jaguar Wright) – 4:47
- (#13 Includes postlude: "Faith's Fire")
- "Passion" (featuring Rakaa & DJ Babu) – 3:54
- "Purest Love" – 4:03
- "Release Part 1, 2, & 3" (featuring Saul Williams & Lyrics Born) – 9:26 (Bkgd. Vocals by Zack de la Rocha on Part 1)
- "Day One" – 4:52
- (#17 Includes postlude: "Bow and Fire" Outro)
[edit] Samples
- Blazing Arrow contains a sample from "Me & My Arrow" by Harry Nilson
- Paragraph President contains a sample from "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" by De La Soul
- Make You Feel That Way contains a sample from "Picture of Innocence" by Cliff Duncan
- Aural Pleasure contains a sample from "Grease It Up" by Andy Fairweather-Low
- Passion contains a sample from "It's My Thing" by EPMD
[edit] Album Chart Positions
| Year | Album | Chart positions | ||
| Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | |||
| 2002 | Blazing Arrow | #49 | #33 | |
| Quannum Projects |
| Groups |
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| Apsci | Blackalicious | Honeycut | Latyrx | Lifesavas | Lateef and the Chief (Maroons) | Poets of Rhythm |
| Members |
| Chief Xcel | Curumin | DJ Shadow | General Elektriks | Gift of Gab | Tommy Guerrero | Lateef the Truthspeaker | Lyrics Born | Pigeon John | Joyo Velarde |
| Full Length Albums |
| Latyrx (The Album) | The Muzapper Mixes | The Muzapper Remixes | Quannum Spectrum | Nia | Solesides Greatest Bumps | Discern/Define | Blazing Arrow | Spirit in Stone | Later That Day | Maroons:Ambush | 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up | Thanks for Asking | Achados e Perdidos | Cliquety Kliqk | Same !@#$ Different Day | The Craft | Supreme Lyricism | Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live |
| EPs |
| Melodica | A2G |
| Affiliated Groups or Members |
| Solesides |
