Labor Days
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| Aesop Rock's studio album | |||||||
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Publication |
September 18, 2001 |
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| Label (s) | Definitive joke | ||||||
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running time |
61:03 |
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Aesop Rock , Blockhead , Omega One |
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Labor Days is the third album by the American rapper Aesop Rock . It is his second album that was released on a label and his first on El-P's label Definitive Jux . It was released on September 18, 2001.
Labor Days is a concept album in which all the pieces revolve around the everyday life of the working class.
The song "Labor" was included in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 in the soundtrack.
Album cover
The album cover shows blurry gray figures above which there are names and orange characters. It was designed by the artist Dan Ezra Lang.
Tracklist
| # | title | Guest Posts | length |
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| 1. | laboratory | 2:32 | |
| 2. | Daylight | 4:26 | |
| 3. | Save yourself | 4:59 | |
| 4th | Flash flood | 3:54 | |
| 5. | No regrets | 4:31 | |
| 6th | One brick | Illogic | 4:32 |
| 7th | The Tugboat Complex Pt. 3 | 3:46 | |
| 8th. | Coma | 3:56 | |
| 9. | Battery | 5:07 | |
| 10. | Boombox | 5:05 | |
| 11. | Bent Life | C-Rayz Walz | 4:49 |
| 12. | The Yes and the Y'all | 4:04 | |
| 13. | 9-5er's Anthem | 4:38 | |
| 14th | Shovel | 4:45 |
production
- Blockhead (song: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- Aesop Rock (song: 1, 6, 9, 10)
- Omega One (Song: 8)
Singles
Three singles were released from the album, none of which made it into the charts. No music video was made for any of the songs.
- "Coma" (July 24th, 2001)
- "Boombox" (August 21, 2001)
- "Daylight" (2001)
Reviews
The album received nothing but good reviews and is mostly cited by fans and critics as his best work.
- Allmusic awarded 4.5 / 5 points.
- Pitchfork Media awarded 8.7 / 10 points.
- RapReviews awarded 8/10 points.
The online music service Rhapsody included the album in the list of "The 10 Best Albums By White Rapper".
Individual evidence
- ^ Labor Days on Discogs.com
- ↑ Review on Allmusic
- ↑ Review on Pitchfork Media ( Memento from March 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Review on RapReviews
- ↑ The 10 Best Albums By White Rappers ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
