Magnificent City

Magnificent City
Studio album by Aceyalone with RJD2
Released February 7, 2006 (2006-02-07)
Genre Hip hop
Length 51:48
Label Decon, Project Blowed
Producer RJD2
Aceyalone chronology
Love & Hate
(2003)		 Magnificent City
(2006)		 Grand Imperial
(2006)
Singles from Magnificent City
  1. "Fire"
    Released: 2005 (2005)
  2. "Supahero"
    Released: 2006 (2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubA-[3]
Robert Christgau[4]
Exclaim!unfavorable[5]
HipHopDX3.0/5[6]
IGN8.0/10[7]
Pitchfork Media3.2/10[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
Stylus MagazineB-[10]

Magnificent City is a studio album by American rapper Aceyalone, accompanied by hip hop producer RJD2. It was released on Decon and Project Blowed in 2006.[8]

RJD2 released a compilation of instrumental versions of songs from the album in 2006, entitled Magnificent City Instrumentals.[11] The track "A Beautiful Mine" was adapted as the opening theme of the AMC television series Mad Men.[12]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Magnificent City received an average score of 81% based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "All for U"   3:28
2. "Fire"   4:11
3. "Cornbread, Eddie & Me"   2:46
4. "Mooore"   4:49
5. "Supahero"   4:11
6. "High Lights"   3:22
7. "Disconnected"   3:21
8. "Caged Bird"   3:12
9. "Solomon Jones"   3:46
10. "A Sunday Mystery"   1:33
11. "Junior"   3:41
12. "Heaven"   3:38
13. "Here & Now"   4:21
14. "A Beautiful Mine"   5:29

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Top Heatseekers[13] 39
Top Independent Albums[13] 43

References

  1. 1 2 "Magnificent City by Aceyalone". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Bush, John. "Aceyalone / RJD2 - Magnificent City". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (February 8, 2006). "Aceyalone and RJD2: Magnificent City". The A.V. Club.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Magnificent City". Robert Christgau. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ Patch, Nick (April 2006). "Aceyalone - Magnificent City". Exclaim!.
  6. ↑ J-23 (February 14, 2006). "Aceyalone & Rjd2 - Magnificent City". HipHopDX.
  7. ↑ Durig, Jim (February 7, 2006). "Aceyalone (accompanied by RJD2) - Magnificent City". IGN.
  8. 1 2 Breihan, Tom (February 12, 2006). "Aceyalone: Magnificent City". Pitchfork Media.
  9. ↑ Keefe, Jonathan (February 11, 2006). "Aceyalone: Magnifcent City". Slant Magazine.
  10. ↑ Nishimoto, Dan (February 6, 2006). "Aceyalone - Magnificent City". Stylus Magazine.
  11. ↑ "Magnificent City Instrumentals - RJD2". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ Nagy, Evie (May 20, 2015). ""Mad Men" Theme Composer RJD2 Plans his Next TV Takeover". Fast Company.
  13. 1 2 "Aceyalone / RJD2 - Magnificent City - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved April 16, 2016.

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