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Length
  
47:37

Artist
  
Mike Ladd

Label
  
Thirsty Ear Recordings

Negrophilia The Album (2005)
  
Father Divine (2005)

Release date
  
8 February 2005

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Jazz

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Released
  
February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08)

Hip hop music albums
  
Easy Listening 4 Armageddon, Rage & The Machine, Gucci Vs Guwop, Stupid Doo Doo Dumb

Negrophilia: The Album is a studio album by American hip hop musician Mike Ladd. It was released on Thirsty Ear in 2005.

Contents

The album features contributions from Guillermo E. Brown, Vijay Iyer, Andrew Lamb, Roy Campbell, and Bruce Grant. It is inspired by Petrine Archer-Straw's book of the same name.

Reception

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".

Andy Kellman of AllMusic called it "one of Ladd's most accomplished albums to date, proving once again that he's one of the most forward-thinking artists around."

Personnel

  • Mike Ladd - vocals, programming
  • Guillermo E. Brown - drums, electronics
  • Vijay Iyer - piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Andrew Lamb - winds
  • Roy Campbell - trumpet
  • Bruce Grant - tape loops
  • Songs

    1Field Work (The Ethnographer's Daughter)5:31
    2The French Dig Latinos - Too5:18
    3In Perspective7:01

    References

    Negrophilia: The Album Wikipedia