Ventilation: Da LP
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ventilation: Da LP
| type = Album
| artist = Phife Dawg
| cover = Ventilation Da LP (Phife Dawg).jpg
| alt =
| released = 2000
| recorded = 1999–2000
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 48:12
| label = Groove Attack{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=January 27, 2001|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
| producer = {{hlist|Jay Dee|Pete Rock|Rick Rock|Hi-Tek}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Forever
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ventilation: Da LP
| type = studio
| single1 = Bend Ova
| single1date = 1999
| single2 = Flawless
| single2date = 2000
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=AllMusic Review by Matt Conaway |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ventilation-da-lp-mw0000100940 |website=AllMusic |access-date=27 May 2021}}
|rev2 = RapReviews
|rev2score = 7/10{{Cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2000_10_vent.html|title=Phife Dawg :: Ventilation * Da LP :: Groove Attack|website=www.rapreviews.com}}
|rev3 = Vibe
|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite journal |title=Revolutions |journal=Vibe |date=Dec 2000 |volume=8 |issue=10 |page=204}}
}}
Ventilation: Da LP is the debut studio album by the American rapper Phife Dawg, released in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/arts/music/malik-taylor-phife-dawg-of-a-tribe-called-quest-dies-at-45.html|title=Malik Taylor, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest, Dies at 45|first1=Joe|last1=Coscarelli|first2=Hannah|last2=Olivennes|date=March 23, 2016|via=NYTimes.com}} Though the album was not a commercial success, the singles "Bend Ova" and "Flawless" were minor hits. It was the only solo album released during Phife Dawg's lifetime.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phife-dawg-posthumous-solo-album-forever-1126938/|title=Phife Dawg's Posthumous Solo LP 'Forever' Set for Release|first1=Daniel|last1=Kreps|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 11, 2021}}
Critical reception
The A.V. Club wrote: "Minor but far more charming, intimate, and memorable than Q-Tip's soulless solo album, Ventilation is as endearing as it is inconsequential."{{cite web |title=Phife Dawg: Ventilation: Da LP |url=https://www.avclub.com/phife-dawg-ventilation-da-lp-1798193375 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=27 May 2021}} MTV deemed the album "brilliant but ignored."{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2798094/phife-dawg-tribe-called-quest-rip/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323204759/http://www.mtv.com/news/2798094/phife-dawg-tribe-called-quest-rip/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 23, 2016|title=Phife Dawg: In Memory Of The Five Foot Assassin|first=Hanif|last=Willis-Abdurraqib|website=MTV News}}
Track listing
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!align="center"|Title !align="center"|Featured Guest(s) !align="center"|Producer !align="center"|Length !align="center"|Samples |
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1
|"Intro" |JUS |Allah Ricks & Jason Chung |1:27 | |
2
|"Flawless" | |3:20 | |
3
|"Alphabet Soup" | |Hi-Tek |4:06 |*"Dance the Kung-Fu" by Carl Douglas |
4
|"Miscellaneous" | |Supa Dave West |3:23 | |
5
|"D.R.U.G.S." |Hi-Tek |Hi-Tek |4:45 |*"I Used To Love H.E.R." by Common |
6
|"Tha Club Hoppa" |Christina LaForcarde |Rick Rock |4:12 |*"Somethin' Funky" by Big Daddy Kane |
7
|"Lemme Find Out" |Pete Rock |4:37 |*"Don't Let Up" by Olympic Runners |
8
|"Bend Ova" | |5:32 |*"Canto De Ossanha" by Dorothy Ashby |
9
|"Beats, Rhymes and Phife" |Supa Dave West |Hi-Tek |3:27 |*"Legend in His Own Mind" by Gil-Scott Heron |
10
|"Ventilation" | |Fredwreck |4:36 | |
11
|"4 Horsemen (192 N' It)" |Know Naim |Jay Dee |4:21 |*"Edges of Illusion" by John Surman |
12
|"Melody Adonis" | |Pete Rock |4:26 | |
13
|"Outro" |JUS |Allah Ricks & Jason Chung |0:38 | |
Charts
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scope="col"|Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Peak |
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{{album chart|Billboard200|175|artist=Phife Dawg|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 4, 2016}} |
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|35|artist=Phife Dawg|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 4, 2016}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|31|artist=Phife Dawg|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 4, 2016}} |
References
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