Albums to watch

Quakers

Quakers

Quakers

Hip hop album - with 41 tracks - from a collective numbering 35 members led by Portishead's Geoff Barrow

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Stones Throw
UK Release date
26/03/2012
US Release date
26/03/2012
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    This is solid, exciting, experimental hip-hop with an old-school soul. Destined to become a classic
    Read Review

  2. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you, coming all the way from left field, the best album of 2012 so far
    Read Review

  3. 9.0 |   Clash

    Stuffed with bomb-ass beats and rhymes that will bang from Cali to Darlington
    Read Review

  4. 8.7 |   Beats Per Minute

    As both a display of production mastery, and as a hip hop effort, Quakers is one of the most consistently refreshing albums in recent memory
    Read Review

  5. 8.5 |   BBC

    Cult vocalists and complete unknowns trade the mic on this Earth-shaking hip hop set
    Read Review

  6. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Quakers is not only for those missing unadulterated hip hop, but it also serves as a fantastic starter for anyone looking to broaden their horizons in the field
    Read Review

  7. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The rappers shine – Guilty Simpson on Fitta Happier, Aloe Blacc on Sign Language and Lyric Jones on Raid, for instance – but it’s the production that powers the momentum from beginning to end
    Read Review

  8. 8.0 |   Q

    Lean and propulsive despite its sprawling, scattershot nature. Print edition only

  9. 7.1 |   Pitchfork

    It's a sprawling, overstuffed deluge that feels longer than it is, but can't really be pared down or scrapped for parts
    Read Review

  10. 7.0 |   Uncut

    A sprawling part-time hip-hop collective whose ranks include Aloe Blacc and Dead Prez. Print edition only

  11. 7.0 |   Spin

    Geoff Barrow-helmed project is Portishead-meets-Dilla-meets-Madlib-meets-Alchemist... plus a lot of indie rappers
    Read Review

  12. 6.5 |   hhv.de mag

    The album’s good moments outweigh the bad ones, like when Aloe Blacc shows that he can actually rap quite passably
    Read Review

  13. 6.0 |   NME

    If you like your rap homespun, rich, physical and all ‘summer-in-NYC ’95’, it’s a dream. But considering he once reinvented the genre, it’s disappointingly reactionary
    Read Review

  14. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It’s unclear why Quakers insisted on packing this much material onto one release, considering how much it sounds like they didn’t leave anything on the cutting floor
    Read Review


blog comments powered by Disqus

Watch it

Roll over video for more options

Hear it

Latest Reviews

More reviews