Mona Lisa

by Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz

Mona Lisa cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 October 2018
  • Label: Mello Music Group
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:02
  • Community rating: 3.45/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Mona Lisa' is a collaborative hip hop album matching the rugged, soulful boom bap production of Detroit's Apollo Brown with the sharp, streetwise lyricism of Brooklyn emcee Joell Ortiz. The record presents a cohesive, uncompromised masterclass in fundamental 90s-inspired rap aesthetics. Its rhythmic sampling underscores poetic, conscious narratives rooted in raw urban survival.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental, Rap, Detroit, Underground, rhythmic, sampling, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Brushstrokes (0:44)
  2. Reflection (3:52)
  3. My Block (3:43)
  4. Cocaine Fingertips (3:09)
  5. Grace of God (3:51)
  6. That Place (3:36)
  7. Word... (3:39)
  8. Decisions (3:21)
  9. Timberlan'd Up (3:29)
  10. Come Back Home (3:45)
  11. Mona Lisa (2:49)

Credits

  • Joell Ortiz - primary artist, written-by, performer
  • Joey Dion - artwork [album art]
  • DJ Los - featuring
  • Royce Da 5'9" - featuring
  • Apollo Brown - Primary Artist
  • Austin Hart - design [graphic design]
  • Michael Tolle - executive-producer
  • Eric Morgeson - mastered by
  • Magnetic - mixed by
  • Tate McBroom - recorded by

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