| Poor People's Day | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 8, 2005[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 44:42 | |||
| Label | Mush Records | |||
| Producer | DJ Gman | |||
| Bigg Jus chronology | ||||
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Poor People's Day is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Bigg Jus, a former member of Company Flow. It was released on Mush Records in 2005.[1] The album is entirely produced by DJ Gman.[1]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllHipHop | 3/5[2] |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | favorable[4] |
| IGN | 9.3/10[5] |
| NPR | favorable[6] |
| RapReviews.com | 7.5/10[7] |
Stewart Mason of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "the rapper's most immediately accessible album, with less fractured, smoother beats and fewer outlandish arrangements underneath his lyrics."[3] He added, "Those lyrics are as uncompromising as ever, but the friendlier settings make Bigg Jus' position statements and character studies sound easier to get into than ever before, which increases their strength considerably."[3]
Owen Strock of CMJ New Music Monthly described it as "an anti-globalization opus of dusty beats and multi-syllabic rhymes that sound like Ghostface, RZA and Noam Chomsky having a threeway."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everything Must Coincide" | 1:18 |
| 2. | "Supa Nigga" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Energy Harvester (Swallow the Sun)" | 4:23 |
| 4. | "This Is Poor People's Day" | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Orbital Mechanics" | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Halogen Lanterns" | 6:24 |
| 7. | "Illustrations of Hieronymus Bosch... That 1467 Shit" | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Night Before" | 3:43 |
| 9. | "Eerie Silence" | 1:27 |
| 10. | "When They Start... 1997 Uptop Shit" | 3:57 |
| 11. | "Memories of You" | 1:59 |
| 12. | "Anything You See Fit (Change by Design)" | 4:01 |
| 13. | "Been Here Forever" | 1:16 |
| Total length: | 44:42 | |
References
- 1 2 3 "MH-239: Bigg Jus - Poor People's Day". Mush Records. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ↑ Crawford, Angus (March 8, 2006). "Poor People's Day". AllHipHop. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- 1 2 3 Mason, Stewart. "Poor People's Day - Bigg Jus". AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- 1 2 Strock, Owen (2005). "Abridged Too Far". CMJ New Music Monthly (137): 48.
- ↑ Fry, William (July 10, 2006). "Bigg Jus - Poor People's Day". IGN. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ↑ Johnson, Christopher (March 15, 2006). "Indie Rap Hero Bigg Jus: 'Poor People's Day'". NPR. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ↑ Sheremet, Alex (January 27, 2009). "Bigg Jus :: Poor People's Day :: MUSH Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
External links
- Poor People's Day at Discogs (list of releases)