Droppin' Science Fiction

Droppin' Science Fiction
Studio album by The Mighty Underdogs
Released October 14, 2008
Genre Hip hop
Label Definitive Jux
Producer Headnodic
The Mighty Underdogs chronology

The Prelude
(2007)		 Droppin' Science Fiction
(2008)
Singles from Droppin' Science Fiction
  1. "Want You Back"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (75/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
The A.V. Club (A-)[3]
Robert Christgau (B+)[4]
Cyclic Defrost (favorable)[5]
Now [6]
Pitchfork Media (4.0/10)[7]
SF Weekly (unfavorable)[8]
Slant Magazine [9]
Spin (7/10)[10]
Tiny Mix Tapes [11]

Droppin' Science Fiction is the first studio album by The Mighty Underdogs, American hip hop group consisting of producer Headnodic and rappers Lateef the Truthspeaker and Gift of Gab.[12] It was released on Definitive Jux in 2008.[12] Keith Gribbins of Cleveland Scene named it one of the Top Ten Albums of 2008.[13]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Droppin' Science Fiction received an average score of 75 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Wilson McBee of Slant Magazine gave the album 3 stars out of 5, commenting that "Gab and Lateef are effortless spitters with buckets of clever wordplay, and Headnotic proves himself to be a worthy beatsmith and perhaps the freshest possible understudy to Madlib and J-Dilla that has arrived in some time."[9] John Bush of AllMusic called it "the best-produced Quannum project since the original Quannum Spectrum."[2] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of A-, saying: "The album concludes on a triumphant note with the ecstatic, celebratory 'Victorious,' a richly earned victory lap from a top-notch trio that's simultaneously new and reassuringly familiar."[3]

Meanwhile, Tim Perlich of Now wrote: "The fact that they bring in their celeb friends (MF Doom, Lyrics Born, Mr. Lif, Casual, DJ Shadow, etc) for cameos on just about every track takes them even further from establishing a coherent Mighty Underdogs sound."[6] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork Media gave the album a 4.0 out of 10, calling it "an unusually awkward record, one that pushes the non-threatening b-boy routine past good-natured lightheartedness into cloying silliness."[7] Ben Westhoff of SF Weekly felt that "the Mighty Underdogs fail at their attempts to be clever or funny."[8]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Monster"   2:18
2. "Hands in the Air"   2:07
3. "So Sad" (featuring Julian Marley and Damian Marley) 3:12
4. "Gunfight" (featuring MF Doom) 4:06
5. "Ill Vacation" (featuring Lyrics Born) 3:51
6. "Science Fiction"   3:41
7. "Laughing at You" (featuring Casual) 2:57
8. "Escape" (featuring Mr. Lif and Akrobatik) 3:42
9. "Doglude"   0:52
10. "Folks"   2:55
11. "UFC Remix" (featuring DJ Shadow) 3:18
12. "Want You Back"   4:06
13. "Aye"   2:59
14. "Warwalk" (featuring Chali 2na, Tash, Raashan Ahmad, and Zion) 4:08
15. "Victoroius"   4:30

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Droppin' Science Fiction - The Mighty Underdogs". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bush, John. "Droppin' Science Fiction - The Mighty Underdogs". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rabin, Nathan (November 10, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". The A.V. Club.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Mighty Underdogs". Robert Christgau. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ Stronell, Wayne (November 20, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs – Droppin’ Science Fiction (Definitive Jux/Inertia)". Cyclic Defrost.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Perlich, Tim (November 18, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux)". Now.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Patrin, Nate (October 28, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". Pitchfork Media.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Westhoff, Ben (November 19, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux)". SF Weekly.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 McBee, Wilson (November 16, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". Slant Magazine.
  10. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (October 9, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs, 'Droppin’ Science Fiction' (Definitive Jux)". Spin.
  11. ↑ Reed, Bryan (December 5, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Swan, Rachel (August 4, 2010). "From Quannum Projects to Science Fiction". East Bay Express.
  13. ↑ Gribbins, Keith (December 30, 2008). "Our Lists Of The Top Ten Albums Of The Year". Cleveland Scene.

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