Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop

by Anticon

Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 July 1999
  • Label: Anticon
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:00
  • Community rating: 3.24/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Dose One, Circus, Slug, DJ Signify, Abuse, Moodswing9, Sole, Henry, Jonathan Wyman, DJ Mayonnaise, Jel, Buck 65

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The founding compilation of the Anticon collective, gathering Doseone, Sole, Why?, Alias and their collaborators. 'Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop' defined the label's abstract, experimental take on underground rap at the turn of the decade.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, experimental, rhythmic, underground, wordplay

Tracklist

  1. Propaganda (Intro) (1:36)
  2. Rainmen (5:04)
  3. Untitled (3:11)
  4. Interlude #1 (1:50)
  5. Savior? (5:54)
  6. It's Them (5:57)
  7. Interlude #2 (0:41)
  8. Divine Disappointment (4:02)
  9. Meditations (3:37)
  10. Human Races The Tortoise (5:25)
  11. My Little Habit (2:22)
  12. Nothing But Sunshine (4:53)
  13. Interlude #3 (0:55)
  14. Martyr Theme Song (4:42)
  15. Simulated Snow (3:34)
  16. Interlude #4 (0:58)
  17. Holy Shit! (6:14)
  18. Bright Moments (3:05)

Credits

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