| Jimmy the Lock | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nocando |
| Cover: | Jimmy the Lock.jpg |
| Studio: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | Alpha Pup |
| Next Title: | Jimmy the Burnout |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Jimmy the Lock is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Nocando.[1] It was released by Alpha Pup Records on January 26, 2010.[2] It includes productions from Nosaj Thing, Nobody, Thavius Beck, Free the Robots, and Daedelus.[3] The remix version of "Hurry Up and Wait" was premiered by Los Angeles Times in May 2010.[4]
Zoneil Maharaj of XLR8R gave the album an 8.5 out of 10, commenting that the album lives in both worlds of "the heralded cipher circle Project Blowed and beat-head bastion Low End Theory." Jeff Weiss of LA Weekly called it "one of the best and most forward-thinking L.A. hip-hop records in years."[5] Andrew Noz of NPR wrote: "His lineage is of the legendary Project Blowed open mic, breeding ground for underground heroes such as Jurassic 5 and Freestyle Fellowship, and you can hear the double-time jazz-rap madness of the latter spilling over into his rigid cadences."
Credits adapted from liner notes.