Slanguage (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Slanguage

| type = studio

| artist = Awol One and Daddy Kev

| cover = Slanguage (album).png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2003|03|18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mushrecords.com/release/MH214.php|title=MH-214: AWOL One & Daddy Kev - Slanguage|work=Mush Records|access-date=June 1, 2017}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative hip hop

| length = {{Duration|m=59|s=06}}

| label = Mush Records

| producer = Daddy Kev

| prev_title = Number 3 on the Phone

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title =

| next_year =

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/slanguage-mw0000026177|title=Slanguage - AWOL One|work=AllMusic|first=Rob|last=Theakston|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

| rev2 = Brainwashed

| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2709:awol-one-and-daddy-kev-qslanguageq&catid=13:albums-and-singles|title=Awol One and Daddy Kev, "Slanguage"|work=Brainwashed|first=Gord|last=Fynes|date=August 23, 2003|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

| rev3 = Dusted Magazine

| rev3score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/716|title=Awol One and Daddy Kev / Fat Jack - Slanguage / Propaganda|work=Dusted Magazine|first=Daniel|last=Thomas-Glass|date=April 25, 2003|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

| rev4 = Exclaim!

| rev4score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/awol_one_daddy_kev-slanguage|title=Awol One & Daddy Kev - Slanguage|work=Exclaim!|first=Thomas|last=Quinlan|date=April 2003|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 5.5/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/389-slanguage/|title=Awol One / Daddy Kev: Slanguage|work=Pitchfork|first=Julianne|last=Shepherd|date=March 27, 2003|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

| rev6 = PopMatters

| rev6score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/awoloneanddaddykev-slanguage/|title=Awol One and Daddy Kev: Slanguage|work=PopMatters|first=Dave|last=Heaton|date=June 1, 2003|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

| rev7 = XLR8R

| rev7score = mixed{{cite web|url=https://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/2003/05/slanguage/|title=Awol One and Daddy Kev: Slanguage|work=XLR8R|author=DJ Anna|date=May 30, 2003|access-date=March 13, 2016}}

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Slanguage is the third collaborative studio album by Awol One and Daddy Kev. It was released on Mush Records on March 18, 2003. It features contributions from D-Styles.

Critical reception

Rob Theakston of AllMusic wrote, "it's probably the closest fusion of free improv jazz and hip-hop that's ever been committed to disc." He called it "a record that requires intense concentration and immediate attention in order for everything to make sense." Dave Heaton of PopMatters said, "Slanguage finds Awol One and Daddy Kev taking a schizophrenic approach to MCing and DJing, switching everything up constantly, while creating a continuous mood that makes the album feel more like one piece of music than a collection of songs."

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Ear Drums for Beer Runs at AA

| length1 = 0:41

| title2 = Start Your Road Trip Now

| length2 = 1:23

| title3 = My Father Is Time, My Mother Is Nature

| length3 = 1:21

| title4 = Six Black Roses Are Sent to Your House

| length4 = 2:58

| title5 = Audio Bibles Are Written on Stone Tablet Tables

| length5 = 1:05

| title6 = Finger Paint with Bloodlike War Paint

| length6 = 2:31

| title7 = That One Song That You Play When You're Faded

| length7 = 2:10

| title8 = Mechanical Angel in Purgatory

| length8 = 1:47

| title9 = Reflections for Scratching Your Face Off

| length9 = 2:31

| title10 = Grey Skys in Psycho-Delic RGB

| length10 = 1:27

| title11 = Idiot Savant Autistic Delivery

| length11 = 5:34

| title12 = Bootleg Monster Movies

| length12 = 5:13

| title13 = Montgomery Burns' Quest for Power

| length13 = 3:22

| title14 = Bladder Sweat A.K.A. Colon Soup Rockin' the Mic

| length14 = 4:16

| title15 = My Favorite Weapon Selection

| length15 = 1:07

| title16 = High School Love Story Drop Out Song

| length16 = 4:42

| title17 = Psychos vs. Suckers Are the Branch Davidians

| length17 = 0:45

| title18 = Buyin' Friends on Ebay

| length18 = 3:41

| title19 = Slowly Means God Is My Witness

| length19 = 3:02

| title20 = A Trainwreck in the Netherworlds

| length20 = 3:37

| title21 = The Rules of the Week

| length21 = 5:03

| title22 = Turn Your Lights Off Conspiracy

| length22 = 0:50

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Personnel

References

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