Fluorescent Black

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Fluorescent Black
Studio album by Anti-Pop Consortium
Released September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28)
Recorded 2008
Genre Hip hop
Length 55:10
Label Big Dada
Producer Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid, Earl Blaize, Alter Ego, MegMan
Anti-Pop Consortium chronology
Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp
(2003)		 Fluorescent Black
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBCfavorable[3]
Clash8/10[4]
Drowned in Sound8/10[5]
Exclaim!favorable[6]
MusicOMH[7]
Pitchfork Media7.0/10[8]
PopMatters[9]
Spinfavorable[10]

Fluorescent Black is a studio album by American hip hop group Anti-Pop Consortium. It was released on Big Dada on September 28, 2009.[9][11]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fluorescent Black received an average score of 79% based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Adam Park of Clash described it as "a futuristic blueprint that will subtly define the coming decade's urban landscape."[4] Meanwhile, Rory Gibb of Drowned in Sound said: "The chemistry between all three MCs is stronger than ever, and the beats on here act as a reminder of how to do leftfield hip-hop in the right way."[5]

Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! said, "Fluorescent Black is an exciting, energetic return for a group long overdue for a new release, and it might just be the best Anti-Pop Consortium album to date."[6] John Bush of AllMusic called it "one of the best rap records of the year."[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Lay Me Down"   3:52
2. "New Jack Exterminator"   4:22
3. "Reflections"   3:28
4. "Shine"   2:27
5. "C Thru U"   2:10
6. "Volcano"   3:06
7. "Timpani"   4:09
8. "The Solution"   3:20
9. "Get Lite"   3:28
10. "NY to Tokyo" (featuring Roots Manuva) 3:26
11. "Superunfrontable"   4:01
12. "Born Electric"   3:00
13. "Apparently"   2:28
14. "End Game"   2:17
15. "Capricorn One"   3:10
16. "Dragunov"   1:28
17. "Fluorescent Black"   4:56

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Fluorescent Black - Anti-Pop Consortium". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bush, John. "Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Stubbs, David (2009). "Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black - Review". BBC. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Park, Adam (September 3, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". Clash. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Gibb, Rory (September 30, 2009). "Antipop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  6. 1 2 Quinlan, Thomas (October 20, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium - Fluorescent Black". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  7. ↑ Clarke, Jude (September 28, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium – Fluorescent Black". MusicOMH. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ Harvell, Jess (October 8, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Fluorescent Black". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  9. 1 2 Ross, Daniel (October 13, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Fluorescent Black". PopMatters. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (October 23, 2009). "Anti-Pop Consortium, ‘Fluorescent Black’ (Big Dada)". Spin. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Fluorescent Black - Anti-Pop Consortium". Big Dada. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

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