Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (K-the-I??? album)

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Studio album by K-the-I???
Released November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)
Genre Underground hip hop
Length 39:30
Label Mush Records
Producer Thavius Beck
K-the-I??? chronology
Broken Love Letter
(2006)		 Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
(2008)		 Synesthesia
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound7/10[3]
Exclaim!favorable[4]
The Guardian[5]
PopMatters[6]
XLR8R6.5/10[7]

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is a studio album by American hip hop artist K-the-I???.[5] It was released on Mush Records on November 4, 2008.[6] The album is entirely produced by Thavius Beck.[2] It features vocal contributions from Nocando, Thavius Beck, Vyle, Subtitle, High Priest, Busdriver, and Mestizo.[2]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[1]

Daniel Ross of Drowned in Sound said: "K-the-I??? makes bold steps alongside the likes of Saul Williams, emanating poetic flamboyance without becoming too confusing, but with enough (e)motion and kinetic verve to satisfy even the most passive ear."[3] Omar Mouallem of Exclaim! praised Thavius Beck's production, saying: "His beats are charged with high-voltage electricity and are as interesting as the words above or below them."[4]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "400 on the BPM"   1:38
2. "Before the Session"   2:08
3. "Trading Places" (featuring Nocando) 2:22
4. "Decisions"   2:52
5. "Cell-Shaded/Daydreams/Nightmares"   3:02
6. "Marathon Man" (featuring Thavius Beck) 2:55
7. "Let's Make Moves" (featuring Vyle) 2:32
8. "Lead the Floor"   3:00
9. "Stylin’" (featuring Subtitle) 2:02
10. "Never Heard It Done Like This" (featuring High Priest) 2:37
11. "Just Listen"   3:59
12. "Sabbath Faster" (featuring Busdriver) 2:13
13. "Finger Painting"   2:51
14. "Man or Machine" (featuring Mestizo) 5:30

References

  1. 1 2 "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - K-The-I???". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Lymangrover, Jason. "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - K-the-I???". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Ross, Daniel (December 11, 2008). "K-the-I??? - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". Drowned in Sound.
  4. 1 2 Mouallem, Omar (April 2009). "K-the-I??? - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". Exclaim!.
  5. 1 2 Thompson, Ben (October 12, 2008). "Urban review: k-the-i???, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". The Guardian.
  6. 1 2 Martin, Andrew (January 5, 2009). "K-the-I???: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". PopMatters.
  7. ↑ Moore, Brigid (December 17, 2008). "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow". XLR8R. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011.

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