Beauty and the Beat (Edan album)

Beauty and the Beat
Studio album by Edan
Released March 29, 2004
Genre Hip hop
Length 34:00
Label Lewis Recordings
Producer Edan
Edan chronology

Primitive Plus
(2002)		 Beauty and the Beat
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (85/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
The A.V. Club (favorable)[3]
HipHopDX [4]
IGN (9.5/10)[5]
Pitchfork Media (8.8/10)[6]
Stylus Magazine (A−)[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes [8]
XLR8R (favorable)[9]

Beauty and the Beat is the second studio album by American hip hop musician Edan, released on Lewis Recordings in 2005.

Reception

According to Metacritic, Beauty and the Beat received an average score of 85/100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Peter Macia of Pitchfork Media felt that "[the] gravity of Edan's lyrics and voice on Beauty and the Beat is perhaps its most surprising element" and that "[Edan has] gone from a brainiac prankster to the Borges of rap."[6] Nick Follett of XLR8R called it "one of the best and most original records to come out this decade."[9] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club said, "the album's brevity is just another old-fashioned value from a rapper-producer-visionary who doesn't need a whole lot of space to make a big statement."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Polite Meeting (Intro)"   2:16
2. "Funky Voltron" (featuring Insight) 2:16
3. "I See Colours"   2:30
4. "Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme"   2:55
5. "Murder Mystery"   2:02
6. "Torture Chamber" (featuring Percee P) 3:12
7. "Making Planets" (featuring Mr. Lif) 2:54
8. "Time Out (Segue)"   1:07
9. "Rock and Roll" (featuring Dagha) 3:16
10. "Beauty"   3:20
11. "The Science of the Two" (featuring Insight) 3:33
12. "Smile"   2:15
13. "Promised Land"   2:24
14. "Bonus Rehearsal" (Japanese edition bonus track) 19:27

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Beauty And The Beat - Edan". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Glazer, Joshua. "Beauty and the Beat - Edan". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rabin, Nathan (April 5, 2005). "Edan: Beauty And The Beat". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ J-23 (March 22, 2005). "Edan - Beauty & The Beat". HipHopDX. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Gilchrist, Todd (April 19, 2005). "Edan - Beauty and the Beat". IGN. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Macia, Peter (April 18, 2005). "Edan: Beauty and the Beat". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Pemberton, Rollie (January 25, 2005). "Edan - The Beauty And The Beat - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ Chadwicked (December 14, 2006). "Edan - Beauty and the Beat". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Follett, Nick (March 29, 2005). "Edan - Beauty and the Beat". XLR8R. Retrieved January 24, 2015.

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