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

class="wikitable"
align="center"|#

!align="center"|Title

!align="center"|Featured Guest(s)

!align="center"|Producer

!align="center"|Length

!align="center"|Samples

1

|"Intro"

|JUS

|Allah Ricks & Jason Chung

|1:27

|

2

|"Flawless"

|

|Hi-Tek

|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

|Pete Rock

|4:37

|*"Don't Let Up" by Olympic Runners

8

|"Bend Ova"

|

|Jay Dee

|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
position

{{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