The Unseen (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Unseen
Type = Album
Artist = Quasimoto


Released = June 13, 2000
Recorded = ?
Genre = Alternative hip hop, jazz rap, underground hip hop, West Coast hip hop
Length = 63:09
Label = Stones Throw Records
Producer = Madlib
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g96wtr6ekl2x~T1 link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.5/10.0) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21184/Quasimoto_The_Unseen link]
*RapReviews.com rating-10|9 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_theunseen.html link]
Last album =
This album = "The Unseen"
(2000)
Next album = "The Further Adventures of Lord Quas"
(2005)

"The Unseen" is the debut album by Quasimoto, an alter ego of producer Madlib.

Release history

The album was conceived and recorded by Madlib during a week long psilocybin mushroom binge. [ [http://www.stonesthrow.com/quasimoto/reup.html Stones Throw Records] ]

Upon its release in 2000, the album was received with very little attention. Many fans and critics were confused by the albums absurd and abstract nature. As the album became older, however, people became more accustomed to the style and sounds Madlib commonly evokes.

It was rereleased in 2005 as a Deluxe Edition with a bonus CD containing the instrumental version of the album.

Reviews

"The Unseen is a scorched chocolate coated valley scattered with 'shrooms and smoker's debris that astro-travels way beyond the unchartered hinterlands of Hip-Hop, not unlike De La's 3 Feet High and Rising once did." -Dan Stacey [ [http://www.stonesthrow.com/quasimoto/sleazenation.html Stones Throw Records ] ]

Jazz Cats Pt. 1

In the song "Jazz Cats Pt. 1", Madlib shouts out various Jazz musicians and record labels who have influenced him. They include:

Sun Ra, George Benson, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock Gene Harris, Bobby Hutcherson, Art Blakey, Gary Burton, Horace Silver, Terry Gibbs, Donald Byrd, George Duke, Shirley Scott, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Smith,, George Cables, Michael White, Cal Tjader, Weather Report, Max Roach, Gary Bartz, Johnny Hammond, Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, Roland Kirk, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, Kool & the Gang Modern Jazz Quartet, Ron Carter, Paul Bley Norman Connors, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Sebesky, CTI Records.

The last name he mention is David Sanborn, which he does sardonically.

Track listing

#"Welcome to Violence" – 0:49
#* Contains a sample from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (film) by Russ Meyer
#"Bad Character" – 1:56
#"Microphone Mathematics" – 3:14
#*Contains a sample from: "The Bizness" by De La Soul
#"Basic Instinct" – 2:10
#"Goodmorning Sunshine" – 2:57
#* Contains a sample from: "Unfinished Melody" by Augustus Pablo
#"Discipline 99, Pt. 0 (featuring Mr. Herb)" – 2:32
#"Low Class Conspiracy" – 2:26
#*Contains a sample from: "Mellow Mood" by Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery
#"Return of the Loop Digga" – 3:46
#* Contains a sample from: "North, East, South, West" performed by Kool & the Gang
#"Real Eyes" – 3:22
#"Come on Feet" – 3:35
#* Contains a sample from: Fantastic Planet (film) by Alain Goraguer
#* Contains a sample from: "Come On Feet Do Your Thing" by Melvin Van Peebles
#"Bluffin" – 2:47
#"Boom Music" – 2:47
#* Contains a sample from: "A Day In The Life" by Diamond and the Psychotic Neurotics
#"MHBs" – 2:02
#"Put a Curse on You" – 1:46
#"Astro Black" – 3:17
#"Green Power" – 2:59
#"Jazz Cats, Pt. 1" – 2:43
#"24-7 (featuring Medaphoar)" – 2:48
#* Contains a sample from: "False Rasta" by Jacob Miller
#"The Unseen" – 2:53
#* Contains a sample from: "Bubble Gum" by 9th Creation
#"Phony Game" – 1:56
#"Astro Travellin" – 2:58
#* Contains a sample from: "It Ain't Hard to Tell" by Nas
#"Blitz" – 1:16
#"Axe Puzzles" – 2:34
#* Contains a sample from: "Keep The faith" performed by Mel & Tim
#"Discipline 99, Pt. 1 (featuring Wildchild)" – 3:36
#* Contains a sample from: "Future Shock (Dance Your Pants Off)" performed by The J.B.'s

References