Fever (Black Milk album)

Fever
Studio album by
Black Milk
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)
GenreHip-hop
LabelMass Appeal
ProducerBlack Milk
Black Milk chronology
If There's a Hell Below
(2014) 		Fever
(2018) 		DiVE
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
The A.V. ClubB[3]
The GuardianStarStarStarStar[4]
Pitchfork7.4/10[5]

Fever is the seventh studio album by Black Milk, released on February 23, 2018 on Mass Appeal Records.[6] Black Milk went on tour to support the album in April 2018 with dates in Europe and the United States.[7] The lead single from the album was "Laugh Now Cry Later".[8]

Reception

Fever was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80 based on 7 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews.[9]

Pitchfork described the sound as "something like P-Funk meets the Ummah".[5] 303 Magazine said the album was "so engrossing that it induces a thrill to speak its fresh tracks."[10] Giving it 4/5 stars, the Guardian said "the vibe is gorgeous, featuring guttural but lithe bass and airy whispers of beats".[4] The Detroit Free Press said that it's a "purposeful, progressive leap forward".[11] The Washington Post described it as "pushing the envelope".[12] The 405 suggested that the album was making an early claim for the best hip-hop album of the year.[13] Detroit's Metro Times described Fever as "a diverse array of songs full of Hendrix soul and George Clinton funk".[14] PopMatters said that for this album Black Milk "explores a spectrum of influences that includes jazz and electronica to produce a shifting-sand of styles that defy the genre trappings that have often ensnared lesser hip-hop act".[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Black Milk.

No.TitleLength
1."Unveil" (featuring Sudie)2:54
2."But I Can Be" (featuring Aaron “Ab” Abernathy)3:03
3."Could It Be"3:30
4."2 Would Try" (featuring Dwele)3:33
5."Laugh Now Cry Later"3:53
6."True Lies"4:04
7."Eve"1:24
8."Drown"3:56
9."Dive"2:46
10."Foe Friend"3:19
11."Will Remain"4:43
12."You Like To Risk It All / Things Will Never Be"3:35

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] 20

References

  1. ^ a b "Fever - Black Milk". Metacritic. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Kellman, Andy. Fever - Black Milk at AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Purdom, Clayton (February 23, 2018). "Black Milk, Fever". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Joshie, Tara (February 25, 2018). "Black Milk: Fever review – gorgeous beats, and more of a story". The Guardian. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Balfour, Jay (February 26, 2018). "Black Milk - Fever". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "Black Milk, Fever". Bandcamp. February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  7. ^ Ramos, Richard (May 1, 2018). "Black Milk Adds More Dates To Fever Tour". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  8. ^ Burks, Tosten (January 17, 2018). "Black Milk Announces New Album Fever, Releases "Laugh Now Cry Later"". Spin. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  9. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  10. ^ Gardiner, Denby (June 21, 2018). "Show You Should Know - Black Milk to Bring Fever to Larimer Lounge". 303 Magazine. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  11. ^ Ketchum III, William (March 11, 2018). "On 'Fever,' Detroit's Black Milk swerves again to address jittery political times". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  12. ^ Kelly, Chris (July 25, 2018). "Rapper-producer Black Milk is 'always pushing the envelope'". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  13. ^ McMullen, Chase (February 23, 2018). "Review: Black Milk makes an early claim for the year's best hip hop with the deceptively smooth FEVER". The 405. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  14. ^ Davison, Kahn Santori (August 1, 2018). "Rapper Black Milk talks his latest sonic rebellion". Metro Times. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  15. ^ Khan, Imran (April 9, 2018). "Black Milk's Poetry Is Dexterous and Crisp on 'Fever'". PopMatters. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  16. ^ "Black Milk Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever_(Black_Milk_album)