Dr. No's Ethiopium

Dr. No's Ethiopium
Studio album by Oh No
Released	November 16, 2009
Genre	Hip hop Trip hop Ethiopian music Instrumental music
Label	Stones Throw
Producer	Oh No
Oh No chronology
Dr. No's Oxperiment (2007) Dr. No's Ethiopium (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Hip Hop DX	[1]
Pitchfork Media"	(7.7/10)[2]

Dr. No's Ethiopium is the fourth album by hip hop rapper and producer Oh No. The solely instrumental album was released by Stones Throw Records in 2009, and is described as an "album inspired-by and sampled-from rare 60s and 70s Ethiopian funk, jazz, folk, soul and psychedelic rock." ^[3] The track "The Funk" was used in a Mountain Dew commercial. According to an article in the LA Times, that TV placement "beat CD sales 10 to 1 in terms of profit". ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Pardon Me"
2. "Madness"
3. "The Funk"
4. "Concentrate"
5. "Xcalibur"(samples "Asheweyna" by Mahmoud Ahmed)
6. "Pussy"
7. "Adventure"
8. "Soul Of Ethiopia"
9. "Dare Say"
10. "World Traveler"
11. "Scary"
12. "Carnival"
13. "Louder"
14. "Electronic Monsters"
15. "Problematic"
16. "Fuego Tribe"
17. "Mindnight Missions"
18. "Melody Mix"
19. "Drive By"
20. "Juke Joint"(samples "Gubelye" by Mulatu Astatque)
21. "Loopadors"
22. "Laxatives"
23. "Raw Block"
24. "Sneaky"
25. "A Hundred"
26. "Ox Therapy"
27. "Butta"
28. "All My"
29. "Fresh Bacon"
30. "Crazzzzy"
31. "Funeral Parlor"
32. "Strong"
33. "Questions"
34. "The Pain"
35. "Great Oracle"(samples Yegelle Tezeta by Mulatu Astatke)
36. "Whoo Doo"

• All tracks written by Oh No.

References

1. ^ Hip Hop DX review
2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
3. ^ "Stones Throw Records — Oh No". http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2009/09/ohno-ethiopium. 
4. ^ Martins, Chris (August 22, 2010). "Broken Record: Music in the Download Era — L.A.'s string of indie labels succeeds with a jack-of-all-trades approach". The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-la-indie-labels-20100822,0,7365459,full.story. 

External links

• Oh No on Stones Throw
• Oh No on MySpace
• Stones Throw Records