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White Men Are Black Men Too
Type:studio album
Artist:Young Fathers
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Label:Big Dada
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White Men Are Black Men Too is the second studio album by Scottish indie group Young Fathers. It was released on Big Dada on 6 April 2015. It peaked at number 41 on the UK Albums Chart.

Critical reception

White Men Are Black Men Too received critical acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 83, based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Andy Gill of The Independent felt that the album "has less to do, musically, with traditional American hip-hop than it does with a European indie sensibility grounded in krautrock, electropop and avant-rock." Lanre Bakare of The Guardian commented that "[Young Fathers] manage the rare feat of melding pop and politics into a potent mix, and continue a tradition – begun by the likes of Smith & Mighty, Tricky and Massive Attack – of reinterpreting pop, hip-hop and soul through the filter of black British life." Writing for Exclaim!, Kyle Mullin called the record "a perfect storm of influences and talent."[3] Jamie Milton of DIY gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "Young Fathers' most fearless release yet."[4] Pitchfork gave it a 6.8.[5]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
The GuardianThe Best Albums of 20152015
NMENME'S Albums of the Year 20152015

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too Clash Music. www.clashmusic.com. en. December 28, 2020.
  2. Web site: Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too Exclaim!. exclaim.ca. en. December 28, 2020.
  3. Web site: Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too . . April 8, 2015 . April 9, 2015 . Mullin, Kyle.
  4. Web site: Milton. Jamie. Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too | DIY. DIY. 4 April 2015. 3 April 2015.
  5. Web site: White Men Are Black Men Too | Pitchfork. Pitchfork.