Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop

Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop
Compilation album by Anticon
Released	1999 (1999)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	64:00
Label	Anticon
Producer	DJ Signify, DJ Mayonnaise, Jel, 6.2, Anomoly, Alias, Math, Mr. Skurge, Moodswing9
Anticon chronology
Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop (1999) Giga Single (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
RapReviews.com	6/10[2]

Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop is a compilation album released by American hip hop record label Anticon in 1999. The album collects tracks by members of the label's core crew.

Critical reception

Dan Gizzi of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "if you want to hear some abstract hip hop from a variety of different artists this may be the album for you."[1] Jon Caramanica of Spin called it "the Anticon collective's breakthrough release".[3] Ian S. Port of SF Weekly said: "It featured left-field DJ textures, boom-bap beats, insanely acrobatic rapping, and stilted, stumbling rhythms."[4]

In 2015, Fact placed it at number 100 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Propaganda (Intro)"	DJ Signify & DJ Mayonnaise	1:36
2.	"Rainmen"	Deep Puddle Dynamics	5:04
3.	"Untitled"	Buck 65	3:11
4.	"Interlude #1"	DJ Signify & DJ Mayonnaise	1:50
5.	"Savior?"	Slug, Eyedea & Sole	5:54
6.	"It's Them"	Them	5:57
7.	"Interlude #2"	DJ Signify & DJ Mayonnaise	0:41
8.	"Divine Disappointment"	Alias	4:02
9.	"Meditations"	DJ Signify	3:37
10.	"Human Races the Tortoise"	Sole & Dose	5:25
11.	"My Little Habit"	Mr. Skurge	2:22
12.	"Nothing but Sunshine"	Slug	4:53
13.	"Interlude #3"	DJ Signify & DJ Mayonnaise	0:55
14.	"Martyr Theme Song"	Sole & Moodswing9	4:42
15.	"Simulated Snow"	6.2	3:34
16.	"Interlude #4"	DJ Signify & DJ Mayonnaise	0:58
17.	"Holy Shit!"	Buck 65, Sole, Circus, 6.2 & Cosmic Lovefuck	6:14
18.	"Bright Moments"	The Pedestrian	3:05

References

1. Gizzi, Dan. "Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop". AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
2. DJ Fatboy (July 22, 1999). "various artists :: Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop :: Anticon". RapReviews.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
3. Caramanica, Jon (February 12, 2004). "Emo Rap: Up From The Underground". Spin. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
4. Port, Ian S. (September 4, 2013). "Unsettled: Jel and the Anticon Label Celebrate 15 Years of Weirdo Hip-Hop". SF Weekly. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
5. "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time (Page 2 of 101)". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2018.

External links

• Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop at Discogs (list of releases)