The Message at the Depth

The Message at the Depth
Studio album by
DJ Krush
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2002 (2002-09-04) (Japan)[1]
February 11, 2003 (2003-02-11) (Overseas)[2]
GenreHip hop, trip hop, electronic
Length59:49
LabelColumbia Records, RED Ink Records
ProducerDJ Krush, Jel, Sly and Robbie
DJ Krush chronology
Zen
(2001) 		The Message at the Depth
(2002) 		Jaku
(2004)

The Message at the Depth is the seventh solo studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released in 2002. It peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazzfavorable[4]
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork4.2/10[5]
PopMattersfavorable[6]
XLR8Rfavorable[7]

Tamara Palmer of XLR8R wrote: "With beats and melodies that outline the caliber of a classical composer, Krush rocks the international flavor that's he's honed on previous efforts with a true global hip-hop hybrid."[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Trihedron" (featuring The Opus)6:30
2."Toki no Tabiji (Journey of Time)" (featuring Inden)6:18
3."Sanity Requiem"4:20
4."Supreme Team" (featuring Antipop Consortium)3:49
5."The Blackhole"9:19
6."Song for John Walker" (featuring Anticon)5:35
7."D'You Hear That"0:59
8."Aletheuo (Truthspeaking)" (featuring Angelina Esparza)5:12
9."The Lost Voices" (featuring Sly and Robbie)5:08
10."But the World Moves On" (featuring D-Madness and Masato Nakamura)6:32
11."What About Tomorrow" (featuring Abijah)6:07

Charts

Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 101
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[3] 23

References

  1. ^ "ディスコグラフィ | Sony Music". Sony Music Entertainment (Japan). Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Bush, John. "The Message at the Depth - DJ Krush". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Top Dance/Electronic Albums - March 1, 2003". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. ^ Lowe, Farrell (March 1, 2003). "DJ Krush: The Message At The Depth". All About Jazz. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Shepherd, Julianne Escobedo (February 18, 2003). "DJ Krush: The Message at the Depth". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Levenfeld, Ari (March 24, 2003). "DJ Krush: The Message at the Depth". PopMatters. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Palmer, Tamara (March 26, 2003). "DJ Krush - Shinsou ("The Message At The Depth")". XLR8R. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Lescharts.com – DJ Krush – Shinso". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2018.