Quakers

Quakers - Quakers
Critic Score
Based on 14 reviews
2012 Ratings: #234 / 1118
User Score
Based on 24 ratings
Liked by 2 people
March 26, 2012 / Release Date
LP / Format
Stones Throw / Label
Hip Hop / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
No Ripcord

A collection of samples, sounds and voices so incredibly diverse and ambitious, a record so completely all-in, is rare.

87
Beats Per Minute

As a hip hop effort, Quakers is one of the most consistently refreshing albums in recent memory.

80
musicOMH

The album itself is a behemoth that takes some listening dedication to unwrap and to assign meaning to - and it's an effort that's well worth it.

75
The 405

This is recommended for purists of the genre, a fun throwback which won't be imitated again this year.

71
Pitchfork

Ambitious messes are the best kind, and riding out the less-interesting moments is worth it in the long run.

60
NME

 If you like your rap homespun, rich, physical and all ‘summer-in-NYC ’95’, it’s a dream.

50
Consequence of Sound

As with any project this exhaustive, Quakers is rather hard to swallow in one sitting. 

PelicanManners
65

The self titled debut album of hip hop supergroup Quakers, which consists of 3 producers: Fuzzface (Portishead’s Geoff Barrow), Katalyst and 7-Stu-7. They essentially assembled 35 MCs to rap over about 41 beats. So yeah this is a big project, at 41 tracks it clocks in with 1hour and 10 minutes. The production is heavily inspired by the biggest underground producers of the time. Most notably it sounded a lot like something El-p and Madlib would do. Most of the Rappers featured here are ... read more

bigm_0
70

some really good trakcs, but definitely a lot of skips. clk as impressive as always tho.

jamius
85

At a whopping 41 tracks, it would be impossible to maintain the blunt impact and quality control of the opening 7 tracks. Oh, but if it could, QUAKERS would score an easy 100.

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Track List

  1. Intro 
  2. Big Cat 
  3. Fitta Happier 
  4. Smoke 
  5. The Lo 
  6. Russia With Love 
  7. What Chew Want 
  8. Flapjacksmm 
  9. Jobless 
  10. Sidewinder 
  11. Mummy 
  12. Belly Of The Beast 
  13. Up The Rovers
  14. The Turk
  15. There It Is
  16. RIP
  17. I Like To Dance
  18. Dark City Lights
  19. The Beginning
  20. Kreem 
  21. War Drums 
  22. R.A.I.D. 
  23. Fresh
  24. Something Beautiful
  25. Chicken Livers
  26. Rock My Soul
  27. Lost And Found
  28. My Mantra 
  29. Hunnypots Of Beeswax
  30. TV Dreaming
  31. Don't Make It Worthless 
  32. Soul Power
  33. Glide 
  34. Get Live
  35. Sign Language 
  36. Earth Quaking 
  37. You're Gonna Be Sorry 
  38. Outlaw 
  39. The Tax Man 
  40. Chucky Balboa
  41. Oh Goodness
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Added on: April 3, 2012