Craft of the Lost Art
Craft of the Lost Art | ||||
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Released | August 26, 2007 (2007-08-26) | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 66:09 | |||
Label | Lex Records | |||
Producer | Jneiro Jarel | |||
Shape of Broad Minds chronology | ||||
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Singles from Craft of the Lost Art | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cyclic Defrost | favorable[2] |
Metro | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin | favorable[4] |
XLR8R | favorable[5] |
Craft of the Lost Art is the first studio album by Shape of Broad Minds. It was released on Lex Records in 2007.
Production
Shape of Broad Minds was a group made up of Jneiro Jarel, Dr. Who Dat?, Jawwaad, Panama Black, and Rocque Wun.[6] With the exception of Jawwaad, the rest of the group were aliases of Jneiro Jarel.[6] In an interview with Clash, Jarel stated that Craft of the Lost Art came out of a deep depression, saying, "I'd had a bad year and felt really low, like I was drowning, so I built the album around that."[7] He described it as "an album left in a treasure chest underwater."[7] The album featured guest appearances from MF Doom, Count Bass D, John Robinson, Stacy Epps, and Deborah Jordan.[6]
Critical reception
Vincent Thomas of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an exploratory album, with no terrain off limits."[1] Tom Smith of Cyclic Defrost said, "it's forward thinking, soulful, honest, hip hop that has been in high rotation around here for several weeks."[2] Jesse Serwer of XLR8R said, "SOBM flips a spaced-out jazzy aesthetic that at various points recalls Digable Planets, Antipop Consortium, and J Dilla."[5]
Siobhan Murphy of Metro gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "There's variety and invention aplenty, moments of beauty and sly humour, but ultimately the album's 23 tracks add up to a cohesive hip hop offering of genuine significance."[3] Mosi Reeves of Spin said, "[Jneiro Jarel is] better off handing the mic to guest MCs Count Bass D, MF Doom, and Stacy Epps and focusing on his richly textured, next-level beats."[4]
PopMatters placed it at number 90 on the "101 Hip-Hop Albums of 2007" list.[8]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Gorilla Mash" | 1:33 |
2. | "Light Years Away" | 2:53 |
3. | "Let's Go" (featuring MF Doom) | 4:24 |
4. | "Changes" | 3:44 |
5. | "Nahuma (Interlude)" | 0:43 |
6. | "OPR8R" | 6:16 |
7. | "Budda Fly Away" | 5:02 |
8. | "Unnamed" | 0:49 |
9. | "It Lives On" (featuring Count Bass D) | 1:19 |
10. | "So Much (Chaos)" (featuring Lil Sci a.k.a. John Robinson) | 4:29 |
11. | "Buzz Around Town" | 1:55 |
12. | "They Don't Know" (featuring Stacy Epps) | 3:04 |
13. | "Bopper Blocker" | 1:16 |
14. | "Electric Blue" | 4:26 |
15. | "Mermaid (Outro)" | 0:55 |
16. | "It Ain't Dead!" | 1:48 |
17. | "Beast from da East" | 1:36 |
18. | "Lullabanger (Thelonious Dedication)" | 3:30 |
19. | "Viberian Sun" | 2:10 |
20. | "There 4 Me" | 3:03 |
21. | "Stiff Robots and Drunken Horses" | 3:26 |
22. | "Solo (Underwater)" (featuring Deborah Jordan) | 3:48 |
23. | "1 2 C" | 4:00 |
References
- ^ a b Thomas, Vincent. "Shape of Broad Minds - Craft of the Lost Art". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Smith, Tom (November 14, 2007). "Shape of Broad Minds – Craft of the Lost Art (Lex/Inertia)". Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ a b Murphy, Siobhan (September 17, 2007). "Shape Of Broad Minds: Craft Of The Lost Art". Metro. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ a b Reeves, Mosi (November 23, 2007). "Shape of Broad Minds, 'Craft of the Lost Art' (Lex)". Spin. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ a b Serwer, Jesse (November 5, 2007). "Shape of Broad Minds: Craft of the Lost Art". XLR8R. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Shape Of Broad Minds: Craft of The Lost Art". Lex Records. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "The Shape of Broad Minds". Clash. September 1, 2007. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ Huff, Quentin B. (January 15, 2008). "101 Hip-Hop Albums of 2007". PopMatters. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
External links
- Craft of the Lost Art at Discogs (list of releases)