Cloudlife

{{Infobox album

| name = Cloudlife

| type = ep

| artist = Jel, Main Attrakionz and Zachg

| cover = Cloudlife.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|2012|03|02}}

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| genre = Cloud rap

| length = {{Duration|m=18|s=51}}

| label = Rad Reef

| producer = {{hlist|Jel|Zachg}}

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Cloudlife (stylized as cLOUDLIFE) is a collaborative extended play (EP) by American record producer Jel and rappers Main Attrakionz and Zachg.{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Madden|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/stream-new-main-attrakionz-ep-cloudlife/62547/|title=Stream New Main Attrakionz EP, 'cLOUDLIFE'|work=Prefix|date=February 28, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004232551/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/stream-new-main-attrakionz-ep-cloudlife/62547/|archive-date=October 4, 2012|url-status=live}} It was released on Rad Reef in March 2012.{{cite web|first=Corban|last=Goble|url=http://stereogum.com/965682/stream-main-attrakionz-jel-and-zachg-cloudlife-ep/album-stream/|title=Stream Main Attrakionz, Jel and Zachg cLOUDLIFE EP|work=Stereogum|date=March 2, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308220306/http://www.stereogum.com/965682/stream-main-attrakionz-jel-and-zachg-cloudlife-ep/music/album-stream/|archive-date=March 8, 2017|url-status=live}} The EP was named in homage to Clouddead.{{cite web|first=Phillip|last=Mlynar|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/main-attrakionz-move-beyond-cloud-rap/Content?oid=2186816|title=Main Attrakionz Move Beyond Cloud Rap|work=SF Weekly|date=October 24, 2012|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221442/http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/main-attrakionz-move-beyond-cloud-rap/Content?oid=2186816|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=live}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Dummy

| rev1score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/2012/03/06/main-attrakionz-cloudlife/|title=Main Attrakionz - cLOUDLIFE|work=Dummy|date=March 6, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627142606/http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/2012/03/06/main-attrakionz-cloudlife/|archive-date=June 27, 2013|url-status=dead}}

| rev2 = Fact

| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/02/29/main-attrakionz-cloudlife-ep/|title=Main Attrakionz - cLOUDLIFE EP|work=Fact|date=February 29, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023719/http://www.factmag.com/2012/02/29/main-attrakionz-cloudlife-ep/|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}

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David Reyneke of Potholes in My Blog described the EP as "a quick listen for any of you out there that are struggling to keep up with Main Attrakionz's already vast catalog."{{cite web|first=David|last=Reyneke|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/stream-main-attrakionzs-new-cloudlife-ep/|title=Stream Main Attrakionz's New cLOUDLIFE EP|work=Potholes in My Blog|date=February 28, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627063323/http://potholesinmyblog.com/stream-main-attrakionzs-new-cloudlife-ep/|archive-date=June 27, 2013|url-status=live}} Philip Mlynar of MTV said, "It's a canny, cross-generational union, with Mondre M.A.N. and Squadda's raps meshing with beats by Jel and Zachg."{{cite web|first=Philip|last=Mlynar|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/sjupwt/main-attrakionz-cloudlife|title=Main Attrakionz Align With Anticon on 'CLOUDLIFE'|work=MTV|date=March 1, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207201610/https://www.mtv.com/news/sjupwt/main-attrakionz-cloudlife|archive-date=December 7, 2022|url-status=dead}} Brandon Soderberg of Spin wrote, "All four of cLOUDLIFE{{'}}s songs are just as bizarre and inspired." He praised the EP's final song "Take Her Shoppin" and commented that the song "best captures Main Attrakionz's drifting, surprisingly emotive rapping."{{cite web|first=Brandon|last=Soderberg|url=http://www.spin.com/blogs/first-spin-main-attrakionzs-collaborative-ep-cloudlife/|title=First Spin: Main Attrakionz's Collaborative EP 'cLOUDLIFE'|work=Spin|date=February 28, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422122046/http://www.spin.com/2012/02/first-spin-main-attrakionzs-collaborative-ep-cloudlife/|archive-date=April 22, 2016|url-status=live}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Chap 3

| extra1 = Jel

| length1 = 4:53

| title2 = J Bar

| length2 = 4:47

| extra2 = Zachg

| title3 = So Whut

| length3 = 3:26

| extra3 = Jel

| title4 = Take Her Shoppin

| extra4 = Zachg

| length4 = 5:45

| total_length = 18:51

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the Bandcamp liner notes.{{cite web|url=https://radreef.bandcamp.com/album/cloudlife|title=cLOUDLIFE {{!}} Jel x Main Attrakionz x Zachg|website=Bandcamp|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507143426/http://radreef.bandcamp.com/album/cloudlife|archive-date=May 7, 2016|url-status=live}}

Main Attrakionz – vocals
Zachg – vocals (3), production (2, 4), mixing (2, 4), recording
Jel – production (1, 3), mixing (1, 3)
Odd Nosdam – mixing (1, 3)
Matthewdavid – mastering

References

External links

[http://radreef.bandcamp.com/album/cloudlife Cloudlife] on Bandcamp

Category:2012 EPs

Category:2012 collaborative albums

Category:Alternative hip-hop EPs

Category:Albums produced by Jel (music producer)

Category:Main Attrakionz albums