Bazooka Tooth

Infobox Album | Name = Bazooka Tooth
Type = Album
Artist = Aesop Rock


Released = September 23, 2003
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Hip-hop
Length = 70:24
Label = Definitive Jux
DJX068
Producer = Aesop Rock
Blockhead
El-P
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kcftxqyald0e link]
*HipHopDX.com rating|7.5|10 [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.319/title.aesop-rock-bazooka-tooth link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/14830-bazooka-tooth link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aesoprock/albums/album/287902/review/6067973/bazooka_tooth link]
*Stylus Magazine (B) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1621&PHPSESSID=5f3c509b03e76ddf61f0fb583297f0e3 link]
Last album = "Daylight"
(2002)
This album = "Bazooka Tooth"
(2003)
Next album = "Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives"
(2005)

"Bazooka Tooth" is the fourth full-length album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock , released on September 23, 2003 on Definitive Jux (see 2003 in music).

For the first time, the majority of production is handled by Aesop Rock himself, although long-term collaborator Blockhead contributes three tracks and one is provided by Definitive Jux label boss El-P. Significant vocal guest appearances are made by El-P and fellow Def Jux labelmates Party Fun Action Committee and Mr. Lif as well as by 1990s Bronx hip-hop duo Camp Lo. There are also brief vocal cameos (credited on the sleeve as "Additional Trash Talking and Malarchy"sic) by Cannibal Ox, S.A. Smash, and MURS. Scratching is handled by DJ Cip One and DJ paWL of Hangar 18. Much of the instrumentals for the introduction track, "Bazooka Tooth," were done by Jer of Party Fun Action Committee using standard pots and pans. The cover is by Israeli artist Tomer Hanuka. cite web | url = http://www.formatmag.com/art/aesop-rock-x-tomer-hanuka-bazooka-tooth | title = Aesop Rock x Tomer Hanuka - Bazooka Tooth | publisher = Format Magazine | date = 2006-11-29 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]

The album's a cappellas and instrumentals were released the following year as "Build Your Own Bazooka Tooth", in conjunction with a remix contest.

Track listing

# "Bazooka Tooth" (I. Bavitz) – 2:25
#* Pots and Pans: Jer
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "N.Y. Electric/Hunter Interlude" (I. Bavitz) – 5:10
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "Easy" (I. Bavitz) – 5:01
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "No Jumper Cables" (I. Bavitz) – 5:06
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "Limelighters/Flunkadelic interlude" (I. Bavitz/S. Wallace/S. Wilds) – 4:33
#* Featuring Camp Lo
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "Super Fluke" (I. Bavitz) – 4:51
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "Cook It Up" (I. Bavitz/T. Simon/J. Gibson) – 3:45
#* Featuring Party Fun Action Committee
#* Produced by Blockhead
# "Freeze/Honeycomb Interlude" (I. Bavitz) – 5:32
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "We're Famous" (I. Bavitz/J. Meline) – 6:22
#* Featuring El-P
#* Produced by El-P
# "Babies With Guns" (I. Bavitz/T. Simon) – 5:07
#* Produced by Blockhead
# "The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History" (I. Bavitz) – 4:48
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "Frijoles" (I. Bavitz) – 3:48
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "11:35/Ketamine U.S.A Interlude" (I. Bavitz/J. Haynes/T. Simon) – 4:23
#* Featuring Mr. Lif
#* Produced by Blockhead and Aesop Rock (interlude)
# "Kill the Messenger" (I. Bavitz) – 4:54
#* Produced by Aesop Rock
# "Mars Attacks" (I. Bavitz) – 4:39
#* Produced by Aesop Rock

References

External links

* [http://www.definitivejux.net/ Definitive Jux Website]
* [http://www.formatmag.com/art/aesop-rock-x-tomer-hanuka-bazooka-tooth/ Bazooka Tooth Cover Analysis]