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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