Let It Go (House Shoes album)
Let It Go is a debut studio album by American DJ and producer House Shoes, released on June 19, 2012 via Tres Records.[1] It featured guest appearances by the likes of Black Milk, Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Danny Brown, Fatt Father & Marv Won of The Fat Killahz, Gangrene, Guilty Simpson & Hexmurda of Almighty Dreadnaughtz, Roc Marciano, and more. The record is available as double CD album, vynil and digital download.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a score of 69, based on 5 reviews. Patrick Taylor of RapReviews praised the album saying, "Most of Let It Go is solid, but there are some skippable tracks". Adam Finlay of PopMatters said, "The result is a more cohesive album than most tight rap collectives".[6] Del F. Cowie of Exclaim! said, "If J. Dilla has been Detroit hip-hop's most influential recent figure, then DJ HouseShoes is the stern, no-frills custodian of that legacy, known to regulate violators and opportunists circling the music James Yancey created".[7] Marcus J. Moore of BBC said, "Excessive interludes drag the runtime and make the project feel a bit unfocused – but these missteps don’t subtract too much from the overall premise".[8]
Track listing
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1. | "Let It Go" (featuring Shafiq Husayn) | 1:09 |
2. | "Empire / Get Down" | 3:48 |
3. | "Goodfellas To Bad Boys / Dank Interlude" (featuring Moe Dirdee) | 3:47 |
4. | "Dirt / Jeedo Interlude" (featuring Oh No, The Alchemist & Roc Marciano) | 3:24 |
5. | "Time / Hex Interlude" (featuring Big Tone) | 4:10 |
6. | "Crazy / Bahbahbahbah" (featuring Black Milk & Guilty Simpson) | 2:37 |
7. | "Last Breath / Mayer & Shoes" (featuring Nottz, Oh No & MED) | 4:21 |
8. | "Keep On / Helluva" (featuring Co$$ aka Cashus King) | 3:03 |
9. | "Sweet / Noodles" (featuring Danny Brown) | 3:46 |
10. | "So Different / Moody Interlude" (featuring Chali 2na) | 3:08 |
11. | "Everything (Modern Family) / Without You" (featuring Fattfather) | 2:24 |
12. | "Sunrise / Love" (featuring Black Spade) | 2:43 |
13. | "Trouble / Royce Interlude" (featuring Moe Dirdee & MarvWon) | 3:42 |
14. | "Nails / Broken" (featuring Quelle Chris & Guilty Simpson) | 3:56 |
15. | "Castles (The Sky Is Ours) / My Brother" (featuring Jimetta Rose) | 4:47 |
16. | "Cry Now / Gone" | 4:07 |
17. | "Roller Coaster" (featuring Self Says & Fat Albert Einstein) | 5:07 |
18. | "Empire Reprise" (featuring Sam Beaubien of Will Sessions) | 2:03 |
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19. | "Let It Go (The Beginning)" | 1:07 |
20. | "Empire/Get Down" | 3:48 |
21. | "Goodfellas To Bad Boys/Dank Interlude" | 3:47 |
22. | "Dirt/Jeedo Interlude" | 3:23 |
23. | "Time/Hex Interlude" | 4:10 |
24. | "Crazy/Bahbahbahbah" | 2:37 |
25. | "Last Breath/Mayer & Shoes" | 4:20 |
26. | "Keep On/Helluva" | 3:03 |
27. | "Sweet/Quelle Interlude" | 3:46 |
28. | "So Different/Moody Interlude" | 3:08 |
29. | "Everything (Modern Family)/Without You" | 2:24 |
30. | "Sunrise/Love" | 2:42 |
31. | "Trouble/Royce Interlude" | 3:42 |
32. | "Nails/Broken" | 3:56 |
33. | "Castles (The Sky Is Ours)/My Brother" | 4:47 |
34. | "Cry Now/Gone" | 4:09 |
35. | "Roller Coaster" | 5:05 |
36. | "Empire (Reprise)" (Bonus Track) | 2:03 |
Total length: | 2:03:59 |
Personnel
- Eric Coleman – photography
- Michael Buchanan – producer
- Scott "Tenacity" Martin – audio mixing
References