| Purple Moonlight Pages | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | R.A.P. Ferreira |
| Cover: | R.A.P. Ferreira Purple Moonlight Pages Cover.png |
| Released: | March 6, 2020 |
| Length: | 52:03 |
| Label: | Ruby Yacht |
| Prev Title: | The Truly Ancient and Original Lefthanded Styles of the Hoodwinkers and Penny Pinchers |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
Purple Moonlight Pages is the fifth studio album by American rapper Rory Ferreira. It is the first studio album released under the moniker R.A.P. Ferreira.[1] The album was produced by longtime collaborator Kenny Segal's group The Jefferson Park Boys, which features producers/multi-instrumentalists Aaron Carmack, Mike Parvizi, and Kenny Segal. Carmack handles most of the keys, live drums, and horns, Parvizi handles the bass, and Segal handles the beats and some keys. "Purple Moonlight Pages" has features from underground rapper Mike Ladd (who R.A.P. Ferreira has noted as an influence and frequently referenced on his project So the Flies Don't Come) and frequent collaborator Open Mike Eagle.
Purple Moonlight Pages is Ferreira's most consistent, focused venture into "jazz-rap." In contrast to the meandering, eclectic production and vocals of previous projects like Budding Ornithologists are Weary of Tired Analogies and So the Flies Don't Come, the album is composed largely of clean, expressive jazz instrumentals. While tracks like "CYCLES" and "OMENS AND TOTEMS" draw on Ferreira's signature abstract production, Purple Moonlight Pages as a whole represents an aesthetic commitment to jazz-rap.
Stephen Kearse of Pitchfork reviewed Purple Moonlight Pages as "his most free-spirited project yet".
Credits adapted from Bandcamp.