Tragic Epilogue Explained
| Tragic Epilogue |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Antipop Consortium |
| Cover: | Antipop Consortium - Tragic Epilogue.jpg |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | 75 Ark |
| Next Title: | Shopping Carts Crashing |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
Tragic Epilogue is the first studio album by American hip hop group Antipop Consortium. It was released on 75 Ark on February 22, 2000.[1] The group's member Beans described it as "a eulogy to the end of hip-hop".[2]
Critical reception
James P. Wisdom of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.5 out of 10, saying: "It's an auspicious debut, but one that's more likely to draw your attention to the band's future than to send you scattering for spare change to pick it up." Ron Hart of CMJ New Music Report called it "a disjointed mindfuck of a rap album that aims to completely throw off your equilibrium" and stated that "Tragic Epilogue will appeal to both street and experimental heads alike." Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic wrote: "Though the album wasn't quite as daring as Antipop Consortium's successive releases, it nonetheless garnered substantial acclaim, placing the group among similarly edgy New York underground rap artists such as Company Flow."[3]
The Wire named it the record of the year in its annual critics poll.[4] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 75 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[5]
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Anti Pop Consortium
- High Priest – vocals, production (1, 3, 11, 16, 17, 19), synthesizer (9), executive production
- Beans – vocals, production (2, 8, 12, 14), drums (9)
- Sayyid – vocals, production (5, 6, 7, 13)
- E. Blaize – production (4, 15, 18), co-production, engineering, mixing
Additional musicians
- Electro Foetus – production (10)
- Aceyalone – vocals (17)
- Apany B-Fly MC – vocals (18)
- Pharoah Monch – vocals (19)
- L.I.F.E. – vocals (19)
Technical personnel
Notes and References
- Web site: Anti-Pop Consortium Take The Glitz Out Of Hip-Hop. MTV. Scot. McElwaney. April 6, 2000. December 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20180723072153/http://www.mtv.com/news/820665/anti-pop-consortium-take-the-glitz-out-of-hip-hop/. July 23, 2018. dead.
- See Hear Now – Anti-Pop Consortium: Hip-Hop's Mercy Killers. CMJ New Music Monthly. Eric. Demby. April 2000. 80. 41.
- Web site: Antipop Consortium - Biography. AllMusic. Jason. Birchmeier. October 30, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20131205044335/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/antipop-consortium-mn0000587725/biography. December 5, 2013. live.
- Rewind 2000: 50 Records of the Year . January 2001 . . 203 . 34 . London . subscription . Exact Editions.
- Web site: The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time: 75. Antipop Consortium – Tragic Epilogue (75 Ark, 2000). Fact. February 25, 2015. December 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228221007/http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/25/the-100-best-indie-hip-hop-records-of-all-time/27/. February 28, 2015. live.
