Dr. No's Ethiopium

Dr. No's Ethiopium is the fourth album by hip hop rapper and producer Oh No.

Dr. No's Ethiopium
Studio album by
Oh No
ReleasedNovember 16, 2009
GenreHip hop
Trip hop
Ethiopian music
Instrumental hip hop
LabelDisruption Productions
ProducerOh No
Oh No chronology
Dr. No's Oxperiment
(2007)		 Dr. No's Ethiopium
(2009)		 Sawblade EP (With The Alchemist, as Gangrene)
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX[1]
Pitchfork7.7/10[2]

Background

This solely instrumental album was released by Disruption Productions in 2009, and is described as an "album inspired-by and sampled-from rare 60s and 70s Ethiopian funk, jazz, folk, soul and psychedelic rock."[3] The track "The Funk" was used in a Mountain Dew commercial. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, that TV placement "beat CD sales 10 to 1 in terms of profit."[4]

Track listing
  1. "Pardon Me"
  2. "Madness"
  3. "The Funk"
  4. "Concentrate"
  5. "Xcalibur"
  6. "Pussy"
  7. "Adventure"
  8. "Soul Of Ethiopia"
  9. "Dare Say"
  10. "World Traveler"
  11. "Scary"
  12. "Carnival"
  13. "Louder"
  14. "Electronic Monsters"
  15. "Problematic"
  16. "Fuego Tribe"
  17. "Midnight Missions"
  18. "Melody Mix"
  19. "Drive By"
  20. "Juke Joint"
  21. "Loopadors"
  22. "Laxatives"
  23. "Raw Block"
  24. "Sneaky"
  25. "A Hundred"
  26. "Ox Therapy"
  27. "Butta"
  28. "All My"
  29. "Fresh Bacon"
  30. "Crazzzzy"
  31. "Funeral Parlor"
  32. "Strong"
  33. "Questions"
  34. "The Pain"
  35. "Great Oracle"
  36. "Whoo Doo"
  • All tracks written by Oh No.

References
  1. Hip Hop DX review
  2. Pitchfork Media review
  3. "Stones Throw Records — Oh No".
  4. Martins, Chris (August 22, 2010). "Broken Record: Music in the Download Era — L.A.'s string of indie labels succeeds with a jack-of-all-trades approach". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010.



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