The Craft (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Craft
Type = Album
Artist = Blackalicious


Released = September 27, 2005
Recorded =
Genre = Hip Hop
Length =
Label = ANTI-
Quannum Projects
Producer = Chief Xcel
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4tzsa9rge23u 2005]
* HipHopDX.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.584/title.blackalicious-the-craft 2005]
* Okayplayer Rating|4|5 [http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/the_craft/ 2005]
*Pitchfork Media (7.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15522/Blackalicious_The_Craft 2005]
*PopMatters (9/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/13969/blackalicious-craft/ 2005]
*RapReviews.com (10/10) [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_10_thecraft.html 2005]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=150&name=Blackalicious 2005]
*Stylus Magazine (B) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/blackalicious/the-craft.htm 2005]
*Tiny Mix Tapes Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.tinymixtapes.com/spip.php?article2307&var_recherche=common 2005]
Last album = "Blazing Arrow"
(2002)
This album = "The Craft"
(2005)
Next album =

"The Craft" is the third full-length album by hip hop duo Blackalicious, released on ANTI- on September 27, 2005. The group worked with Grammy Award-winning engineer Russ Elevado who previous work includes D'Angelo's "Voodoo", Alicia Key's "Songs In A Minor", Erykah Badu's "Mama's Gun". Chief Xcel went on to describe him as Blackalicious' third member. Xcel explained his thoughts on the album: [http://www.okayplayer.com/blackalicious/]

quote
"The Craft is our passion to bring discipline to this music, the passion to keep growing, keep stretching, keep doing things we haven't before. The craft is what we live for."

Track listing

- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"! # !! width="350" | Title !! Performer(s)!!Producer(s)!!Length
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1. || "World of Vibrations" || Gift of Gab
Ledisi ||Chief Xcel|| 5:02
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2. || "Supreme People" ||Gift of Gab||Chief Xcel|| 4:03
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3. || "Rhythm Sticks" ||Gift of Gab||Chief Xcel|| 4:36
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4. || "Powers" ||Gift of Gab||Chief Xcel|| 3:47
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5. || "Your Move" ||Gift of Gab
Lifesavas||Chief Xcel|| 3:55
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6. || "Lotus Flower" ||Gift of Gab
George Clinton||Chief Xcel|| 4:11
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7. || "My Pen and Pad" ||Gift of Gab||Chief Xcel|| 2:02
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8. || "Side to Side" ||Gift of Gab
Lateef
Pigeon John||Chief Xcel|| 4:36
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9. || "Automatique" ||Gift of Gab
Floetry||Chief Xcel|| 4:07
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10. || "The Fall and Rise of Elliot Brown" ||Gift of Gab||Chief Xcel|| 3:55
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11. || "Black Diamonds and Pearls" ||Gift of Gab
Ledisi
Larry Saunders||Chief Xcel|| 4:22
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12. || "Give It to You" ||Gift of Gab||Chief Xcel|| 3:51
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13. || "Ego Sonic War Drums" ||Gift of Gab
P.E.A.C.E.||Chief Xcel|| 5:57
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14. || "The Craft" ||Gift of Gab||Chief Xcel|| 3:46
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Production

The album was solely produced by Chief Xcel. It contains much more live instrumentation than on previous Blackalicious albums. Prefix Magazine described the production:

Album Chart Positions

External links

* [http://www.blackalicious.com/ Official website]
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* [http://www.quannum.com/ Quannum Projects]