Labor Days

Labor Days
Studio album by Aesop Rock
Released September 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 61:03
Label Definitive Jux
Producer Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Omega One
Aesop Rock chronology
Float
(2000)
Labor Days
(2001)
Daylight
(2002)
Singles from Labor Days
  1. "Coma"
    Released: 2001 (2001)
  2. "Boombox"
    Released: 2001 (2001)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic92/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Exclaim!favorable[4]
HipHopDX4.0/5[5]
Pitchfork Media8.7/10[6]
PopMattersfavorable[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Stylus MagazineA–[9]
Uncut[10]
The Village VoiceA–[11]

Labor Days is a studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock.[12] It was released by Definitive Jux on September 18, 2001.[13] It is a concept album about work.[14] The production is handled by Aesop Rock, Blockhead, and Omega One.[4]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Labor Days received an average score of 92% based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[1]

In 2010, Labor Days was listed by Rhapsody as one of the "10 Best Albums by White Rappers".[15]

In 2015, it was ranked at number 17 on Fact's "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[16]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Labor"  Aesop Rock 2:32
2. "Daylight"  Blockhead 4:26
3. "Save Yourself"  Blockhead 4:59
4. "Flashflood"  Blockhead 3:54
5. "No Regrets"  Blockhead 4:31
6. "One Brick" (featuring Illogic)Aesop Rock 4:32
7. "The Tugboat Complex Pt. 3"  Blockhead 3:46
8. "Coma"  Omega One 3:56
9. "Battery"  Aesop Rock 5:07
10. "Boombox"  Aesop Rock 5:05
11. "Bent Life" (featuring C-Rayz Walz)Blockhead 4:49
12. "The Yes and the Y'all"  Blockhead 4:04
13. "9-5er's Anthem"  Blockhead 4:38
14. "Shovel"  Blockhead 4:45

Credits

References

  1. 1 2 "Labor Days by Aesop Rock". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. LeRoy, Dan. "Labor Days – Aesop Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  3. "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Entertainment Weekly: 74. September 28, 2001.
  4. 1 2 Quinlan, Thomas (June 30, 2001). "Aesop Rock - Labor Days". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. J-23 (December 4, 2001). "Aesop Rock – Labor Days". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  6. Abebe, Nitsuh (January 23, 2002). "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  7. Heaton, Dave (September 17, 2001). "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". PopMatters. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  8. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  9. Martin, Tyler (September 1, 2003). "Aesop Rock – Labor Days – Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  10. "Aesop Rock: Labor Days". Uncut (54): 103. November 2001.
  11. Christgau, Robert (November 20, 2001). "Consumer Guide: Salaam". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  12. Sanneh, Kelefa (January 26, 2002). "Pop Review; The Evolving Definition Of Underground Hip-Hop". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  13. Baker, Ernest (April 26, 2013). "The 30 Greatest Months in Rap History: 9. September 2001". Complex. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  14. Mentzer, Robert (2005). "That's What He's Saying?". Chicago Reader. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  15. "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers". Rhapsody. June 22, 2010. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  16. "The 100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time: 17. Aesop Rock - Labor Days". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

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