Bazooka Tooth

Bazooka Tooth
Studio album by Aesop Rock
Released	September 23, 2003
Genre	Hip hop
Length	70:05
Label	Definitive Jux
Producer	Aesop Rock, Blockhead, El-P
Aesop Rock chronology
Daylight (2002) Bazooka Tooth (2003) Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives (2005)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	favorable[3]
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10[4]
PopMatters	unfavorable[5]
Stylus Magazine	B[6]

Bazooka Tooth is a studio album by American hip hop artist Aesop Rock. It was released on Definitive Jux in 2003.^[5]

Critical reception

Bazooka Tooth received generally favorable reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the album a score of 74/100, based on 16 reviews.^[1]

Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork Media gave Bazooka Tooth an 8.2 out of 10, calling it "another strong outing from one of underground hip-hop's most talented, thanks in no small part to its unprecedented wealth of lyrical depth and individual production style."^[4] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! commented that "Aesop drops abstract poetry, heartfelt stories and new millennial b-boyisms in his gruff monotone flow."^[3]

Francis Henville of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of B, noting that "the beats feel somewhat restrained, lethargic and lazy" and "they are perfectly suited to Aesop's limpid down-tempo rhymes."^[6]

Meanwhile, John Bush of AllMusic felt that Bazooka Tooth lacks "the catchy, sample-driven flavor" of Labor Days.^[2] David Morris of PopMatters gave the album an unfavorable review and said, "Bazooka Tooth is almost a textbook example of what happens when a previously struggling artist gets a handful of success".^[5]

In 2013, Danny Brown named it one of his 25 favorite albums.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer	Length
1.	"Bazooka Tooth"	Aesop Rock	2:25
2.	"N.Y. Electric"	Aesop Rock	5:10
3.	"Easy"	Aesop Rock	5:01
4.	"No Jumper Cables"	Aesop Rock	5:06
5.	"Limelighters" (featuring Camp Lo)	Aesop Rock	4:33
6.	"Super Fluke"	Aesop Rock	4:51
7.	"Cook It Up" (featuring Party Fun Action Committee)	Blockhead	3:45
8.	"Freeze"	Aesop Rock	5:32
9.	"We're Famous" (featuring El-P)	El-P	6:21
10.	"Babies With Guns"	Blockhead	5:07
11.	"The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History"	Aesop Rock	4:48
12.	"Frijoles"	Aesop Rock	3:48
13.	"11:35" (featuring Mr. Lif)	Blockhead	4:23
14.	"Kill the Messenger"	Aesop Rock	4:54
15.	"Mars Attacks"	Aesop Rock	4:39

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[8]	112
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9]	7
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11]	44

References

1. "Bazooka Tooth - Aesop Rock". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
2. Bush, John. "Bazooka Tooth - Aesop Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
3. Quinlan, Thomas (January 1, 2006). "Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
4. Pemberton, Rollie (October 22, 2003). "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
5. Morris, David (November 9, 2003). "Aesop Rock: Bazooka Tooth". PopMatters. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
6. Henville, Francis (January 8, 2004). "Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
7. Nostro, Laruren (October 1, 2013). "Danny Brown's 25 Favorite Albums - 23. Aesop Rock, Bazooka Tooth (2003)". Complex. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
8. "Aesop Rock – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Aesop Rock. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
9. "Aesop Rock – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Aesop Rock. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
10. "Aesop Rock – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Aesop Rock. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
11. "Aesop Rock – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Aesop Rock. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

External links

• Bazooka Tooth at Discogs (list of releases)