Fantasea

Fantasea
Mixtape by Azealia Banks
Publication (s)	July 11, 2012
Label (s)	independently
Format (s)	Free download
Genre (s)	Witch hop, seapunk, rap , hip-hop
Title (number)	19th
running time	52:08
production	AraabMuzik, Diplo , Drums of Death, Eprom, Nick Hook, Ikonika, Liam Howlett, Lunice, Machinedrum, DJ Master D, Hudson Mohawke, Munchi, O / W / W / W / L / S, RRXL, Zebra Katz
chronology 1991 (2012) Fantasea Broke with Expensive Taste (2014)

Fantasea is the first mixtape from rapper Azealia Banks , which on 11 June 2012, shortly after the release of their first EP in 1991 was published. The mixtape was released independently from a label and is free to download.

background

Banks first mentioned the mixtape in a tweet on May 10, 2012, in which she wrote that her first EP would be out in May 1991 and a "FANTASTIC mixtape" would be out in the summer. On May 30, 2012, Banks changed the title of the mixtape from Fantastic to Fantasea . She released the cover on July 9, 2012, and later said that Fantasea will contain 18 tracks (15 originals and 3 remixes). Later she said on Twitter that this mixtape was a kind of "first album" and was used as a test.

publication

On May 11, 2012, Banks released the song Jumanji as a free download on the Internet. The song was produced by Hudson Mohawke and Nick Hook and was the first song that should be included on the planned mixtape. A second song, Aquababe , which was produced by EPROM and Machinedrum, was released on June 13, 2013 on the Internet. Before the album was actually released, Banks released the song Nathan with rapper Styles P on June 30, 2012 . The song was produced by Drums of Death. Neptune was also put online before the mixtape was released. The song was released on July 10, 2012 and was recorded with Shystie . On September 27, 2012, she released a music video for the song Luxury and on November 11, 2012 for the song Atlantis .

criticism

Fantasea received very good reviews from music critics. Graeme Virtue of The Guardian wrote that this mixtape shows and introduces an artist with many ideas and gave the mixtape four stars out of five. Spin gave the mixtape eight out of ten points.

Track list

Fantasea
No.	title	production	length
1.	Out of space	Liam Howlett	2:34
2.	Neptune (featuring Shystie )	Ikonika	3:57
3.	Atlantis	O / W / W / W / L / S	2:29
4th	Fantasea	Machinedrum	4:29
5.	Fuck up the fun	Diplo , DJ Master D	2:25
6th	Ima Read	Zebra cat	1:02
7th	Fierce	Drums of Death	3:14
8th.	crisps	O / W / W / W / L / S	3:48
9.	Nathan (featuring Styles P )	Drums of Death	3:24
10.	L8R	Machinedrum	2:42
11.	Jumanji	Hudson Mohawke, Nick Hook	2:55
12.	Aquababe	EPROM & Machinedrum	3:45
13.	Runnin '	Lunice	3:30
14th	Us	O / W / W / W / L / S	2:46
15th	Paradiso	RRXL	0:49
16.	Luxury	Machinedrum	2:45
17th	Azealia (Skit)		1:03
18th	Esta Noche	Munchi	3:14
19th	Salute	AraabMuzik	1:27
Overall length:			52:08

Fantasea (re-release bonus track)
No.	title	Songwriter	length
18th	No problems	Azealia Banks	4:14

The songs Esta Noche and Salute are not present on the re-release of the mixtape.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Azealia Banks releases new track - "Jumanji" digitalspy.com
2. ↑ Azealia Banks releases new track - "Aquababe" digitalspy.com
3. ↑ Azealia Banks publishes the artwork for her song "Nathan" idolator.com
4. ↑ Video: Azealia Banks - "Luxury" rap-up.com
5. ↑ Video: Azealia Banks - "Atlantis" rap-up.com
6. ↑ Fantasea Review - theguardian.com
7. ↑ Azealia Banks - Fantasea Review - spin.com
8. ↑ Fantasea at Discogs