Fly Zone

Fly Zone
Mixtape by Le1f
Released	January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	42:16
Label	Greedhead Camp & Street
Producer	DJ Hoodcore Harry B DJ Blood Everywhere Lolgurlz Bot Neuport Mess Kid Shy Guy Drippin Souldrop Helix Strict Face Matrixxman
Le1f chronology
Liquid (2012) Fly Zone (2013) Tree House (2013)

Fly Zone is the second mixtape by American rapper and producer Le1f. It was released on Greedhead Music and Camp & Street on January 28, 2013.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC	favorable[4]
Dusted Magazine	favorable[5]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fly Zone received an average score of 78, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Miles Raymer of Pitchfork called the mixtape "an epically audacious record, boiling down to essentially a 13-track demand from Le1f to be allowed access to a mainstream audience without sacrificing a shred of the identity that sets him apart from nearly every rapper a mainstream audience has been drawn to."[6] Mike Diver of BBC stated that "Fly Zone is streamlined, its production consistently excellent despite numerous contributors, none of whom work more than a single track."[4]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Fact	20 Best Mixtapes of 2013	11	[8]
Stereogum	40 Best Rap Albums of 2013	19	[9]
Under the Radar	Top 20 Hip Hop Albums of 2013	8	[10]
Vice	Top 50 Albums of 2013	21	[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Float"	DJ Hoodcore	1:25
2.	"Spa Day"	Harry B	4:08
3.	"Cloud So Loud"	DJ Blood Everywhere	3:15
4.	"Airbending"	Lolgurlz	3:27
5.	"Star Alliance" (featuring Spank Rock)	Bot	3:07
6.	"Breezy"	Neuport	2:42
7.	"Psylock"	Mess Kid	3:56
8.	"The Whip" (featuring Haleek Maul)	Shy Guy	3:38
9.	"Pocahontas" (featuring Kitty)	Drippin	2:06
10.	"Coins"	Drippin Souldrop	3:24
11.	"So Fly" (featuring Don Jones)	Helix	3:18
12.	"Autopilot" (featuring Safe)	Strict Face	3:45
13.	"Air Max" (featuring Rahel)	Matrixxman	3:57
Total length:			42:16

References

1. "Fly Zone". SoundCloud. January 28, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
2. Battan, Carrie (January 28, 2013). "Listen to Le1f's New Mixtape, Fly Zone". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
3. "Fly Zone by Le1f". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
4. Diver, Mike (2013). "Le1f Fly Zone Review". BBC. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
5. Donnelly, Ben (March 12, 2013). "Le1f - Fly Zone". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
6. Raymer, Miles (February 8, 2013). "Le1f: Fly Zone". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
7. Rosen, Jody (February 25, 2013). "Fly Zone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
8. Twells, John; Kelly, Chris (December 3, 2013). "The 20 best mixtapes of 2013". Fact. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
9. Breihan, Tom (December 16, 2013). "The 40 Best Rap Albums Of 2013". Stereogum. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
10. Fink, Matt (January 8, 2014). "Top 20 Hip Hop Albums of 2013". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
11. "VICE's Top 50 Albums of 2013". Vice. December 18, 2013. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

External links

• Fly Zone at Discogs