Telicatessen

Infobox Album
Name = Telicatessen
Type = album
Artist = Rob Sonic


Released = September 7, 2004
Recorded =
Genre = Hip hop
Length =
Label = Definitive Jux
Producer = Rob Sonic
Reviews = *"Alternative Press" rating-10|6 October 2004 (p.148)
*BBC Collective Rating|4|5 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A2966943 link]
*"City Pages" (favorable) [http://www.citypages.com/databank/25/1245/article12565.asp link]
*"Insomniac" (favorable) [http://www.definitivejux.com/press/archives/telicatessen_review.html link]
*"NME" rating-10|7 18 September 2004 (p.65)
*RapReviews.com rating-10|8 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2004_10_telica.html link]
*"URB" Rating|4|5 September 2004 (p.117)
Last album =
This album = "Telicatessen"
(2004)
Next album = "Sabotage Gigante"
(2007)

"Telicatessen" is the debut solo album by American hip hop artist and former Sonic Sum member Rob Sonic, released by the Definitive Jux label on September 7, 2004. An instrumental version of the album was released the following year, also by Definitive Jux.

All production, lyrics and vocals were by Rob Sonic, with the exception of the verses on "Sniper Picnic" by fellow New York MC Creature and Alaska and Windnbreeze from Definitive Jux labelmates Hangar 18 and backing vocals by M. Sayyid of the group Antipop Consortium. Scratches were performed by Fred Ones from Sonic's former group the Sonic Sum, and by DJ Big Wiz.cite web
title = Rob Sonic
publisher = World's Fair
url = http://www.worlds-fair.net/rob_sonic
accessdate = 2007-08-28]

The album's title is a portmanteau word combining the terms "television" and "delicatessen". [cite web
title = Rob Sonic - urbansmarts.com interview
publisher = urbansmarts.com
url = http://www.urbansmarts.com/interviews/robsmith1.htm
accessdate = 2007-09-13]

The track "Sniper Picnic" was featured on the soundtrack of Activision game "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland". [cite web
title = Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Soundtrack
publisher = about.com
url = http://skateboard.about.com/od/games/a/THAWMusic.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-29]

Track listing

# "Strange Hammer" (R. Smith) – 4:06
# "Death Vendor" (R. Smith) – 3:07
# "New Car Smell" (R. Smith) – 2:27
# "Former Future" (R. Smith) – 2:05
# "Super Ball" (R. Smith) – 4:00
# "Sniper Picnic" (R. Smith/S. Booker/T. Baker/I. McMullin) – 3:40
#* Featuring Creature, Hangar 18
# "Telicatessen" (R. Smith) – 3:19
# "Behemoth" (R. Smith) – 3:28
# "Shoplift" (R. Smith) – 3:38
# "Dylsexia" (R. Smith) – 3:48
# "Riot Ender" (R. Smith) – 3:59
# "Location Is Everything" (R. Smith) – 3:55
# "Macomb's Dam Bridge" (R. Smith) – 4:48

ingles

* "Death Vendor"/"Dylsexia"
** Release date: June 18, 2004
* "Shoplift"
** Release date: October 22, 2004

Equipment

The following equipment was used in the making of "Telicatessen":
*ARP Odyssey
*ARP Little Brother
*Minimoog
*Yamaha SK-20
*Roland Juno-106
*Fender Rhodes Piano Bass
*Korg MS-2000
*Akai MPC 2000 XL
*Technics SL-1200s

Credits

* Vocals, production: Rob Sonic
* Scratching: DJ Big Wiz, Fred Ones
* Additional vocals: Creature, Hangar 18, M. Sayyidcite web
title = Telicatessen
publisher = allmusic.com
url = http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifuxqwsldke~T2
accessdate = 2007-08-29]
* Executive producer: El-P, Amaechi Uzoigwe
* Mastering: Ken Heitmueller
* Mixing: Fred Ones, Rob Sonic
* Engineering: Fred Ones, Rob Sonic, Ruff-N-Rugged
* Art Direction: Dan Ezra Lang
* Design: Dan Ezra Lang, Rob Sonic
* Illustrations: Dan Ezra Lang

References

External links

* [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/sonicrob/telicatessen "Telicatessen"] at Metacritic
* [http://www.robsonic.com/ Rob Sonic official site]
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* [http://definitivejux.net/ Def Jux Records official site]