Droppin' Science Fiction
Studio album by
The Mighty Underdogs
ReleasedOctober 14, 2008 (2008-10-14)
GenreHip hop
Length48:45
LabelDefinitive Jux
ProducerHeadnodic
The Mighty Underdogs chronology
The Prelude
(2007)		 Droppin' Science Fiction
(2008)
Singles from Droppin' Science Fiction
  1. "Want You Back"
    Released: 2008[1]

Droppin' Science Fiction is the first studio album by The Mighty Underdogs, an American hip hop group consisting of producer Headnodic and rappers Lateef the Truthspeaker and Gift of Gab.[2] It was released by Definitive Jux on October 14, 2008.[3] It peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The A.V. ClubA−[7]
Robert ChristgauB+[8]
Cyclic Defrostfavorable[9]
Now3/5[10]
Pitchfork4.0/10[11]
SF Weeklyunfavorable[12]
Slant Magazine[13]
Spin7/10[14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

Wilson McBee of Slant Magazine gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, commenting that "Gab and Lateef are effortless spitters with buckets of clever wordplay, and Headnotic proves himself to be a worthy beatsmith and perhaps the freshest possible understudy to Madlib and J-Dilla that has arrived in some time."[13] John Bush of AllMusic called it "the best-produced Quannum project since the original Quannum Spectrum."[6] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of A−, saying: "The album concludes on a triumphant note with the ecstatic, celebratory 'Victorious,' a richly earned victory lap from a top-notch trio that's simultaneously new and reassuringly familiar."[7]

Meanwhile, Tim Perlich of Now wrote: "The fact that they bring in their celeb friends (MF Doom, Lyrics Born, Mr. Lif, Casual, DJ Shadow, etc) for cameos on just about every track takes them even further from establishing a coherent Mighty Underdogs sound."[10] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.0 out of 10, calling it "an unusually awkward record, one that pushes the non-threatening b-boy routine past good-natured lightheartedness into cloying silliness."[11] Ben Westhoff of SF Weekly commented that "the Mighty Underdogs fail at their attempts to be clever or funny."[12]

Keith Gribbins of Cleveland Scene included it on the "Top Ten Albums of the Year" list.[15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Monster"2:18
2."Hands in the Air"2:07
3."So Sad" (featuring Julian Marley and Damian Marley)3:12
4."Gunfight" (featuring MF Doom)4:06
5."Ill Vacation" (featuring Lyrics Born)3:51
6."Science Fiction"3:41
7."Laughing at You" (featuring Casual)2:57
8."Escape" (featuring Mr. Lif and Akrobatik)3:42
9."Doglude"0:52
10."Folks"2:55
11."UFC Remix" (featuring DJ Shadow)3:18
12."Want You Back"4:06
13."Aye"2:59
14."Warwalk" (featuring Chali 2na, Tash, Raashan Ahmad, and Zion)4:08
15."Victorious"4:30

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] 50

References

  1. ↑ "DJRX Pharmacy // Downloads // Audio // The Mighty Underdogs // Want You Back - single". Definitive Jux. Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ Swan, Rachel (August 4, 2010). "From Quannum Projects to Science Fiction". East Bay Express. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Palermo, Tomas (September 26, 2008). "The Week in Hip-Hop". XLR8R. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "The Mighty Underdogs: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Droppin' Science Fiction - The Mighty Underdogs". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Bush, John. "Droppin' Science Fiction - The Mighty Underdogs". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Rabin, Nathan (November 10, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Mighty Underdogs". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  9. ↑ Stronell, Wayne (November 20, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs – Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux/Inertia)". Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  10. 1 2 Perlich, Tim (November 18, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux)". Now. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  11. 1 2 Patrin, Nate (October 28, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  12. 1 2 Westhoff, Ben (November 19, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux)". SF Weekly. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  13. 1 2 McBee, Wilson (November 16, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  14. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (October 9, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs, 'Droppin' Science Fiction' (Definitive Jux)". Spin. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  15. ↑ Gribbins, Keith (December 30, 2008). "Our Lists Of The Top Ten Albums Of The Year". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
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