Look Mom... No Hands
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{{Infobox album
| name = Look Mom... No Hands
| type = studio
| artist = Vast Aire
| cover = Look Mom... No Hands.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2004|04|27}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=71|s=57}}
| label = Chocolate Industries
| producer = {{hlist|Jest One|Camu Tao|T One|Nasa|Jake One|Blueprint|Cryptic One|MF Doom|Ayatollah|Madlib|RJD2|Da Beatminerz|Vast Aire}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Best Damn Rap Show
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Look Mom... No Hands
| type = studio
| single1 = Elixir
| single1date = 2004
| single2 = Look Mom... No Hands
| single2date = 2004
| single3 = Pegasus
| single3date = 2004
}}
}}
Look Mom... No Hands is the first solo studio album by American hip hop musician Vast Aire, one half of the duo Cannibal Ox. It was released on Chocolate Industries on April 27, 2004. It features contributions from MF Doom, RJD2, Madlib, Aesop Rock, and Sadat X. It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/look-mom-no-hands-mw0000331792|title=Look Mom... No Hands — Vast Aire|work=AllMusic|access-date=January 8, 2015}}
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/vast-aire-emlook-mom-no-handsem-11449|title=Vast Aire: Look Mom No Hands|work=The A.V. Club|date=May 24, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080820/http://www.avclub.com/review/vast-aire-emlook-mom-no-handsem-11449|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = CMJ New Music Monthly
| rev3score = favorable{{cite journal|first=Christopher R.|last=Weingarten|title=Best New Music|journal=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=122|page=33|date=2004}}
| rev4 = Exclaim!
| rev4score = mixed{{cite web|first=Thomas|last=Quinlan|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/vast_aire-look_mom|title=Vast Aire — Look Mom... No Hands|work=Exclaim!|date=May 1, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015}}
| rev5 = Pitchfork
| rev5score = 6.3/10{{cite web|first=Rollie|last=Pemberton|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8531-look-mom-no-hands/|title=Vast Aire: Look Mom... No Hands|work=Pitchfork|date=May 4, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015}}
| rev6 = PopMatters
| rev6score = favorable{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Stelloh|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/vastaire-lookmom/|title=Vast Aire: Look Mom... No Hands|work=PopMatters|date=May 26, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015}}
| rev7 = Stylus Magazine
| rev7score = D+{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/vast-aire/look-mom-no-hands.htm|title=Vast Aire — Look Mom ... No Hands|work=Stylus Magazine|first=David|last=Drake|date=May 6, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510110543/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/vast-aire/look-mom-no-hands.htm|archive-date=May 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}
}}
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, stating, "Vast's chillingly detached raps and delivery were a large part of Cannibal Ox's success, and there's much more in the same vein here." Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club described it as a "riveting combination of old school B-boy attitude and post-apocalyptic menace". Christopher R. Weingarten of CMJ New Music Monthly commented that "Vast's flow, while leisurely, still utilizes the most impossibly matter-of-fact delivery in the underground, which he uses for maximum effect."
Meanwhile, David Drake of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of D+, saying, "this album lacks the plaintive street poetry of The Cold Vein, as well as that album's focus and consistent production aesthetic." Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.3 out of 10, calling it "an awkward, inconsistent amalgam of wasted talent and musical apathy."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro: His Majesty's Laughter
| extra1 = Jest One
| length1 = 2:10
| title2 = KRS-Lightly
| note2 = featuring S.A. Smash
| extra2 = Camu Tao
| length2 = 4:03
| title3 = Pegasus
| extra3 = T One
| length3=3:19
| title4 = Candid Cam / Live Wetlands 1996
| extra4 = Nasa
| length4 = 5:02
| title5 = Viewtiful Flow
| extra5 = Jake One
| length5 = 4:59
| title6 = Zenith
| note6 = featuring Blueprint
| extra6 = Blueprint
| length6 = 4:33
| title7 = Why'sdaskyblue?
| extra7 = Cryptic One
| length7 = 4:33
| title8 = Da Supafriendz
| note8 = featuring MF Doom
| extra8 = MF Doom
| length8 = 3:00
| title9 = Poverty Lane 16128 / Karaoke
| extra9 = T One
| length9 = 4:44
| title10 = Elixir
| note10 = featuring Sadat X and Sinclair
| extra10 = Ayatollah
| length10 = 4:03
| title11 = Look Mom... No Hands / A.S.C.F.D.
| extra11 = Madlib
| length11 = 6:22
| title12 = 9 Lashes (When Michael Smacks Lucifer)
| extra12 = RJD2
| length12 = 3:53
| title13 = Posse Slash
| note13 = featuring Karniege, Breez Evahflowin', Poison Pen, and Aesop Rock
| extra13 = Da Beatminerz
| length13 = 3:41
| title14 = Could You Be?
| extra14 = Madlib
| length14 = 3:57
| title15 = Outro: 12 Noon
| extra15 = Blueprint
| length15 = 4:22
| title16 = Life's Ill Pt. II (The Empire Striketh)
| note16 = featuring Breezly Brewin and Vordul Mega
| extra16 = Madlib
| length16 = 5:08
| title17 = My First Sony (Pegasus Remix)
| extra17 = Vast Aire
| length17 = 4:08
| total_length = 71:57
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
{{Div col}}
- Vast Aire – vocals, production (17), photography
- Jest One – production (1), recording (1)
- Bo Boddie – mixing (1–7, 9–12, 14–17)
- S.A. Smash – vocals (2)
- DJ Cip One – turntables (2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 17)
- Camu Tao – production (2)
- Nasa – recording (2), production (4)
- T One – production (3, 9)
- Nonezio – recording (3–5, 8–12, 14, 16, 17)
- Karniege – vocals (4, 13), graffiti art
- Nathaniel Roberts – vocals (5, 14), recording (11)
- Jake One – production (5)
- Blueprint – vocals (6), production (6, 15), recording (6, 15)
- Metro – vocals (7)
- Cryptic One – production (7), recording (7)
- MF Doom – vocals (8), production (8), mixing (8)
- Sadat X – vocals (10)
- Sinclair – vocals (10), keyboards (14)
- Ayatollah – production (10), turntables (10)
- Madlib – production (11, 14, 16)
- RJD2 – production (12)
- Breez Evahflowin' – vocals (13)
- Poison Pen – vocals (13)
- Aesop Rock – vocals (13)
- Da Beatminerz – production (13)
- Evil D – recording (13), mixing (13)
- Mr. Walt – recording (13), mixing (13)
- Butta L – engineering assistance (13)
- Simone Harrison – vocals (14)
- Breezly Brewin – vocals (16)
- Vordul Mega – vocals (16)
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Brent Rollins – art direction, design
- Jon Breiner – cover illustration
- Luke Barber Smith – photography
- Sumkid – photography
- Taku – photography
- Kenshin Ichikawa – Vast Aire logo
{{Div col end}}
Charts
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!scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| US Independent Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2004-05-15|title=Independent Albums (The Week of May 15, 2004)|work=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328123903/https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2004-05-15|archive-date=March 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}
| 47 |
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|51135|Look Mom... No Hands}}
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Category:Chocolate Industries albums
Category:Albums produced by Ayatollah
Category:Albums produced by Da Beatminerz
Category:Albums produced by Jake One
Category:Albums produced by Madlib