TNGHT

TNGHT - TNGHT
Critic Score
Based on 15 reviews
User Score
Based on 284 ratings
2012 Rank: #267
Liked by 12 people
July 24, 2012 / Release Date
EP / Format
Warp, LuckyMe / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
NME

The ‘TNGHT’ EP packs five explosive instrumental hip-hop tracks, every one dripping with each producer’s trademark sonic flourishes.

90
The Needle Drop
On TNGHT's debut EP, Hudson Mohawk and Lunice pull together five of 2012's most essential bangers.
86
Beats Per Minute

TNGHT may clock in at under 16 minutes, but it’s the most satisfying quarter-hour blast you’ll hear this year.

85
Pitchfork

Their self-titled debut EP for Warp and LuckyMe spans 16 minutes of some of the year's most brazen, positively huge hip-hop sounds.

85
Crack Magazine
Lunice and Hudson Mohawke have fashioned something extraordinary: an EP of storming, molten electronics and shattering drums which is perhaps only eclipsed by the promise of a longer outing.
80
AllMusic
It's too developed, too rich with energizing rhythms and thrilling little fillips, to be considered a glorified beat tape. At 16 minutes, it's just about the ideal length, as 40 or more minutes of the stuff might be just a bit excessive.
80
SPIN
Bass-wielding beatists Lunice and Hudson Mohawke serve up future-rap: wonked synths, 808 kicks, creepy FX, crunk cuts.
80
Consequence of Sound

TNGHT balances Mohawke’s crisp production style, the gloss of a high-end studio, and Lunice’s chopped-and-screwed beats, without any time to overload the work with excess triggers.

80
Sputnikmusic
Amidst a battlefield of dusty rave, the 1-2 punch of boom-bap, a litany of candy-eyed synths and the tumbling spirals of percussion loops it's hard to not get just a little excited by what's on offer here.
80
Resident Advisor
Their debut recording, a split release between Warp and LuckyMe, is a short EP—five tracks long, it only clocks in at 16 minutes total—but it packs plenty of punch.
70
PopMatters
Plenty of touchstones from the wonky/purple sound scenes, as well as more basic house treatments, combine mercilessly with Luncie and HudMo’s 808 programming to create some of the most pounding, head rattling beats of the year.
70
FACT Magazine

In short, it’s big, dumb, and a lot of fun, but the overriding feel to TNGHT is that it feels closer to being the start of something great than a great record in itself.

70
The Line of Best Fit
The fact is, every track that TNGHT have come up with here is as good a hip-hop instrumental as an MC could wish for.
40
Spectrum Culture
It’s designed to be stomped and ground to, and it works for that. But it’s also tacky, garish music.
BradTasteMusic
62

I’m confused what is the big deal about this project

Kuru
0

This might be the worst EP/album I have ever exposed my ears to. This EP is so bad, there literally isn’t anything on this EP which would make listening to it worthwhile, it is that bad. It sounds like they haven’t done any mixing whatsoever. It sounds like they just found a few sounds from a basic sample pack and just threw it in there and called it a day, it is that bad. I’d recommend you stay as far away from this EP as you can, unless you want to have an ear-grating ... read more

thumbman
NR

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Ideal
70

Favorite: goooo

Least favorite: easy easy

This is what made all the critics nut in their draws? I mean it’s fun and cool but it’s really nothing too special.

KaiserDTM1
82

Innovative at the time, helping to kickstart the Trap EDM genre. You'll either love it or hate, it is intentionally designed to be obnoxious, distorted, loud, abrasive. For how oversaturated this genre of music becomes later down the decade, this album still holds up to this day (though I'm not in love with the intro nor ending tracks).

VIbesRUs
60

Fun giraffe fact; we sometimes play this EP in the wild to scare off lions and cheetahs.

Big cats don't like Hudson Hohawke, it turns out.

I think you will either like this or be annoyed by it, I don't think there's much of a middle ground here. It's unapologetic in how obnoxious it is. It can be noisy and abrasive, when it's not, it just sounds distorted for the sake of being distorted. The mixing seems like it was an afterthought, everything was left on loud and someone forgot to adjust ... read more

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Track List

1Top Floor
1:53
71
2Goooo
3:21
82
3Higher Ground
3:19
82
4Bugg'n
3:25
77
5Easy Easy
3:51
74
Total Length: 15 minutes

Year End Lists

#25/Complex
#31/Consequence of Sound
#35/Gigwise
#35/Pitchfork
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Added on: July 25, 2012