Firewater (Tha Alkaholiks album)

Firewater is the fifth and final studio album by American hip hop group Tha Alkaholiks. It was released on January 24, 2006, via Waxploitation/Koch Records. Recording sessions took place at Street Soul Studios in Los Angeles. Production was handled by members E-Swift and J-Ro, The Rural, Breakmecanix, Danger Mouse, Evidence and Keezo Kane. It features guest appearances from Bishop Lamont, King T and Styliztik Jones.

For the album by Silkworm, see Firewater (Silkworm album).
Firewater
Studio album by
Tha Alkaholiks
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2006
Recorded2005
StudioStreet Soul Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
GenreHip hop
Length55:46
Label
Producer
Tha Alkaholiks chronology
X.O. Experience
(2001)		 Firewater
(2006)
Singles from Firewater
  1. "The Flute Song (LaLaLa)"
    Released: 2006

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
HipHopDX4/5[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NowNN/NNNNN[5]
PopMatters5/10[6]
Prefix[7]
RapReviews7/10[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
SpinB-[10]
The A.V. ClubB[11]

Firewater was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on nine reviews.[1]

Soren Baker of Los Angeles Times called it "a rare modern-day rap album that is as fun as it is good".[4] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club resumed: "far from classic, but pretty damn fun nonetheless".[11] Spin reviewer described the album as "like your favorite dive bar, it feels uncomfortably familiar".[10]

In mixed reviews, AllMusic's Andy Kellman noticed: "what prevents the album from being on par with the likes of 21 & Over and Coast II Coast is that the MCs have slowed a little with age".[2] Adrian Covert of Prefix magazine wrote: "the members of Tha Alkaholiks may not have wrapped up their stellar career with the bang many had hoped for, but I'll still drink to this".[7] Eric Neigher of Slant magazine stated "much of Firewater has a blast-from-the-past feel".[9] Michael Frauenhofer of PopMatters wrote: "it may not be their best album, but where it doesn’t really add to their legacy, neither does it really tarnish".[6] NOW magazine reviewer found out that "their beats and rhymes reflect none of the punchliney fun they used to have".[5]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" E-Swift0:29
2."Turn It Up"
3:04
3."The Flute Song (LaLaLa)"
  • Smith
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
E-Swift4:10
4."Popular Demand"
Keezo Kane3:40
5."The Get Down"
  • Robinson
  • Smith
  • Brooks
E-Swift3:32
6."Get into It"
  • Smith
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
  • James Dring
The Rural4:14
7."Faded"
  • Brooks
  • Danica Rozelle
E-Swift1:32
8."Chaos"
Danger Mouse3:03
9."Hangover" (featuring Styliztik Jones and Bishop Lamont)
E-Swift4:22
10."Party Ya Ass Off"
  • Smith
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
E-Swift3:47
11."Handle It"
3:18
12."On the Floor"
  • Smith
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
E-Swift4:19
13."Poverty's Paradise"
  • Robinson
  • Smith
  • Brooks
  • Alex Rowe
E-Swift3:26
14."Drink Wit Us"
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
  • Smith
E-Swift5:24
15."Do It"
  • Robinson
  • Smith
  • Brooks
  • Dring
  • Jody Street
  • The Rural
  • E-Swift (add.)
  • The Street Soul Symphony (add.)
3:38
16."Over Here" (featuring King Tee)
E-Swift3:48
Total length:55:46

Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) 38

References
  1. "Critic Reviews for Firewater - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  2. Kellman, Andy. "Tha Alkaholiks - Firewater Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. Ryce, Jeff (January 30, 2006). "Tha Alkaholiks - Firewater". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  4. Baker, Soren (January 22, 2006). "Yes, it's OK to have fun while you're at it". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  5. "NOW Magazine - Music in Toronto, FEBRUARY 16 - 22, 2006". NOW. February 2006. Archived from the original on July 17, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. Frauenhofer, Michael (February 15, 2006). "Tha Alkaholiks: Firewater, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  7. Covert, Adrian (February 6, 2006). "Tha Alkaholiks . Firewater [prefixmag review]". Prefixmag. Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. "Tha Alkaholiks :: Firewater – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. December 20, 2005. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  9. Neigher, Eric (February 7, 2006). "Review: Tha Alkaholiks, Firewater". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  10. "SPIN". Spin. Vol. 22, no. 2. SPIN Media LLC. February 2006. p. 87. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved March 10, 2023 – via Google Books.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  11. Rabin, Nathan (January 25, 2006). "Tha Alkaholiks: Firewater". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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