Telicatessen

Telicatessen
Studio album by Rob Sonic
Released	September 7, 2004
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Definitive Jux
Producer	Rob Sonic
Rob Sonic chronology
Telicatessen (2004) Sabotage Gigante (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	[1]
BBC Collective	[2]
City Pages	(favorable) [3]
Insomniac	(favorable) [4]
NME	[5]
RapReviews.com	[6]
URB	[7]

Telicatessen is the debut solo album by American hip hop artist and former Sonic Sum member Rob Sonic, released by the Definitive Jux label on September 7, 2004. An instrumental version of the album was released the following year, also by Definitive Jux.

All production, lyrics and vocals were by Rob Sonic, with the exception of the verses on "Sniper Picnic" by fellow New York MC Creature and Alaska and Windnbreeze from Definitive Jux labelmates Hangar 18 and backing vocals by M. Sayyid of the group Antipop Consortium. Scratches were performed by Fred Ones from Sonic's former group the Sonic Sum, and by DJ Big Wiz.^[8]

The album's title is a portmanteau word combining the terms "television" and "delicatessen".^[9]

The track "Sniper Picnic" was featured on the soundtrack of Activision game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.^[10]

Track listing

1. "Strange Hammer" (R. Smith) – 4:06
2. "Death Vendor" (R. Smith) – 3:07
3. "New Car Smell" (R. Smith) – 2:27
4. "Former Future" (R. Smith) – 2:05
5. "Super Ball" (R. Smith) – 4:00
6. "Sniper Picnic" (R. Smith/S. Booker/T. Baker/I. McMullin) – 3:40
   • Featuring Creature, Hangar 18
7. "Telicatessen" (R. Smith) – 3:19
8. "Behemoth" (R. Smith) – 3:28
9. "Shoplift" (R. Smith) – 3:38
10. "Dylsexia" (R. Smith) – 3:48
11. "Riot Ender" (R. Smith) – 3:59
12. "Location Is Everything" (R. Smith) – 3:55
13. "Macomb's Dam Bridge" (R. Smith) – 4:48

Singles

• "Death Vendor"/"Dylsexia"
  • Release date: June 18, 2004
• "Shoplift"
  • Release date: October 22, 2004

Equipment

The following equipment was used in the making of Telicatessen:^[8]

• ARP Odyssey
• ARP Little Brother
• Minimoog
• Yamaha SK-20
• Roland Juno-106
• Fender Rhodes Piano Bass
• Korg MS-2000
• Akai MPC 2000 XL
• Technics SL-1200s

Credits

• Vocals, production: Rob Sonic
• Scratching: DJ Big Wiz, Fred Ones
• Additional vocals: Creature, Hangar 18, M. Sayyid^[11]
• Executive producer: El-P, Amaechi Uzoigwe
• Mastering: Ken Heitmueller
• Mixing: Fred Ones, Rob Sonic
• Engineering: Fred Ones, Rob Sonic, Ruff-N-Rugged
• Art Direction: Dan Ezra Lang
• Design: Dan Ezra Lang, Rob Sonic
• Illustrations: Dan Ezra Lang

References

External links

• Telicatessen at Metacritic
• Rob Sonic official site
• Rob Sonic on Myspace
• Def Jux Records official site