Negrophilia: The Album is a studio album by American hip hop musician Mike Ladd. It was released on Thirsty Ear in 2005.
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| Studio album by Mike Ladd | ||||
| Released | February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08) | |||
| Studio | Sorcerer Sound | |||
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| Length | 47:37 | |||
| Label | Thirsty Ear | |||
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The album features contributions from Guillermo E. Brown, Vijay Iyer, Andrew Lamb, Roy Campbell, and Bruce Grant.[1] It is inspired by Petrine Archer-Straw's book of the same name.[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100[2] |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | |
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| Exclaim! | favorable[5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10[1] |
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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "one of Ladd's most accomplished albums to date, proving once again that he's one of the most forward-thinking artists around."[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Field Work (The Ethnographer's Daughter)" | 5:31 |
| 2. | "The French Dig Latinos, Too" | 5:17 |
| 3. | "In Perspective" | 7:00 |
| 4. | "Shake It" | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Worldwide Shrinkwrap (Contact Zones)" | 3:40 |
| 6. | "Back at Ya" | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Appropriated Metro" | 1:29 |
| 8. | "Blonde Negress" | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Sam and Milli Dine Out" | 4:44 |
| 10. | "Nancy and Carl Go Christmas Shopping" | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Sleep Patterns of Black Expatriots Circa 1960" | 5:10 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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