Rap Album One

Rap Album One
Studio album by Jonwayne
Released October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 38:13
Label Stones Throw
Producer Jonwayne, Scoop DeVille
Jonwayne chronology
Oodles of Doodles
(2012)		 Rap Album One
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Clash7/10[3]
Exclaim!7/10[4]
Fact[5]
HipHopDX[6]
Pitchfork Media6.0/10[7]
Potholes in My Blog[8]
Spectrum Culture[9]

Rap Album One is a studio album by American hip hop artist Jonwayne.[10] It was released on October 29, 2013 on Stones Throw Records.[11] The album was mixed by Jonwayne and Daddy Kev at Cosmic Zoo.[12] Max Bell of LA Weekly called it "one of the best rap albums of the year".[13]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Rap Album One received an average score of 74 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Laurent Fintoni of Fact praised the album as "the sound of an artist who’s finally found some balance between his rapper and producer halves."[5] In January of 2014, it was named the Worldwide Winner of Album of the Year by British radio and club DJ Gilles Peterson.[14] LA Weekly called it "one of the best rap albums of 2013."[15]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer Length
1. "After the Calm"  Jonwayne 4:36
2. "You Can Love Me When I'm Dead" (featuring D-Styles)Jonwayne 3:58
3. "Find Me in the Future"  Jonwayne 2:48
4. "The Come Up Pt. 1" (featuring Scoop DeVille)Jonwayne 2:44
5. "The Come Up Pt. 2"  Scoop DeVille 2:22
6. "Yung Grammar"  Jonwayne 2:55
7. "Reflection"  Jonwayne 4:50
8. "Zeroh's Song" (featuring Zeroh)Jonwayne 3:55
9. "How to Be a Gemini"  Jonwayne 3:00
10. "Black Magic"  Scoop DeVille 3:03
11. "Sandals" (featuring Mndsgn)Jonwayne 4:03

References

  1. 1 2 "Rap Album One - Jonwayne". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Rap Album One - Jonwayne". Allmusic. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ Brydon, Grant (November 20, 2013). "Jonwayne - Rap Album One". Clash.
  4. ↑ Cowie, Del F. (October 29, 2013). "Jonwayne - Rap Album One". Exclaim!.
  5. 1 2 Fintoni, Laurent (November 8, 2013). "Jonwayne - Rap Album One". Fact.
  6. ↑ Rew, Jessica (November 23, 2013). "Jonwayne - Rap Album One". HipHopDX.
  7. ↑ Kramer, Kyle (November 12, 2013). "Jonwayne: Rap Album One". Pitchfork Media.
  8. ↑ Aborisade, Femi (October 29, 2013). "Jonwayne – Rap Album One". Potholes in My Blog.
  9. ↑ Kangas, Chaz (November 26, 2013). "Jonwayne: Rap Album One". Spectrum Culture.
  10. ↑ Jackson, Glenn (September 5, 2013). "Hear the First Single from Jonwayne's Upcoming Rap Album for Stones Throw". XLR8R.
  11. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (September 12, 2013). "RA News: Jonwayne readies Rap Album One". Resident Advisor.
  12. ↑ Jackson, Glenn (November 18, 2013). "In the Studio: Jonwayne". XLR8R.
  13. ↑ Bell, Max (October 29, 2013). "Jonwayne Has One of the Best Rap Albums of the Year". LA Weekly.
  14. ↑ "WORLDWIDE AWARDS 2014 // THE WINNERS!". Gilles Peterson Worldwide. January 19, 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  15. ↑ Bell, Max (October 29, 2013). "Jonwayne Has One of the Best Rap Albums of the Year". LA Weekly. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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