Cancer 4 Cure
Cancer 4 Cure | ||||
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Studio album by El-P | ||||
Publication |
2012 |
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Label (s) | Fat Possum Records | |||
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running time |
49:05 |
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Cancer 4 Cure is the third solo album by the American hip hop musician El-P . It was released on May 22, 2012 on the independent label Fat Possum Records . The track The Full Retard was released as a single. El-P dedicated the album to the rapper Camu Tao, who died in 2008 .
Track list
- Request Denied - 4:32
- The Full Retard - 3:39
- Works Every Time (with Paul Banks) - 3:35
- Drones Over Bklyn - 5:49
- Oh Hail No (with Mr. Muthafuckin 'eXquire and Danny Brown) - 3:41
- Tougher Colder Killer (with Killer Mike and Despot) - 3:39
- True Story - 3:14
- The Jig Is Up - 3:18
- Sign Here - 2:51
- For My Upstairs Neighbor (Mums the Word) - 3:15
- Stay Down (with Nick Diamonds) - 3:10
- $ 4 Vic / Nothing but You + Me (FTL) - 8:23
reception
Charts
Cancer 4 Cure reached number 61 on the US album chart, the Billboard 200 . In the first week, 6,600 units of the album were sold.
criticism
The e-zine Laut.de rated El-Ps Album with four out of five possible points. Dani Fromm characterizes Cancer 4 Cure as music that, while listening, conveys “ that the earth opens up at any moment [...] and that the apocalypse is about to break out. “This deserves the attribute“ grandiose ”. Already in the first piece, Request Denied , “ an oppressive atmosphere [...] descends over the country ”. The instrumentation is characterized by “ dominant drums ”, behind which “ organ tones and squeaky electronics can be guessed more than just made out ”. El-P is characterized by an “ unwillingness to be happy ”, which manifests itself both in the music and in the lyrics. At the end of 2012, the editors of Laut.de chose Cancer 4 Cure at number 22 on their list of the “25 best hip hop albums of 2012”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 16bars.de: Billboard Charts: El-P with "Cancer 4 Cure" in the top 100. Accessed on December 28, 2012 .
- ↑ Laut.de: Acoustic picture postcard from the Briar Patch. Retrieved December 28, 2012 .
- ↑ Laut.de: The 25 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2012 - Cancer 4 Cure. Retrieved December 28, 2012 .