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Circle is a collaborative studio album by Boom Bip & Doseone. It was originally released via Mush Records on August 1, 2000.[4] In Europe, it was re-released via The Leaf Label on May 27, 2002.[5]

Circle
Studio album by Boom Bip & Doseone
Released	August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)
Recorded	August 1, 1999 – October 1, 1999
Genre	Hip hop, poetry reading
Length	70:35
Label	Mush Records
Producer	Boom Bip, Doseone

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Exclaim!	favorable[2]
The Milk Factory	[3]

Critical reception

Kingsley Marshall of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "Boom's otherworldly production and sense of the epic match the rapid-fire delivery of Dose blow for blow -- though occasionally the lyrics come so quickly that lines have to be spun simultaneously through different speakers."[1] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! called it "one of the greatest contemporary hip-hop albums".[2]

The New York Times included it on the year-end "Worthwhile Albums Most People Missed" list.[6]

In 2010, Ali Maloney of The Skinny described it as "a critical textbook for anyone with delusions of performance poetry."[7] In 2011, Black Gillespie of Impose said, "Circle remains one of the most daring and challenging records from the early Aughts, predating Anticon's 'advanced hip hop' era."[8]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Boom Bip – writing, production
• Doseone – writing, production
• Robert Curcio – additional production
• Tony Franklin – drums (on "The Birdcatcher's Return")
• Tony Luensman – alternative instrumentation (on "Gin")
• Mark Fox – puppets
• Hiro Matsuo – photography

References

External links

• Circle at Discogs (list of releases)
• Circle at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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