Sour Soul (album)

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Sour Soul
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - "Sour Soul" official album artwork.jpg
Studio album by BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah
Released February 24, 2015
Recorded 2014
Genre Hip hop, jazz
Length 32:55
Label Lex Records
Producer BadBadNotGood, Frank Dukes, Wayne Gordon
BadBadNotGood chronology
III
(2014)		 Sour Soul
(2015)
Ghostface Killah chronology
36 Seasons
(2014)		 Sour Soul
(2015)		 Twelve Reasons to Die II
(2015)
Wu-Tang Clan solo chronology
Ghostface Killah:
36 Seasons
(2014)		 Sour Soul
(2015)		 Raekwon:
Fly International Luxurious Art
(2015)
Singles from Sour Soul
  1. "Six Degrees"
    Released: June 20, 2014
  2. "Tone's Rap"
    Released: June 20, 2014
  3. "Gunshowers"
    Released: October 17, 2014
  4. "Ray Gun"
    Released: January 9, 2015

Sour Soul is a collaborative studio album from Canadian jazz instrumental hip hop band BadBadNotGood and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah. It was released worldwide on February 24, 2015.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 76/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[3]
Billboard 4.0/5 stars[4]
Exclaim! 6/10[5]
Drowned in Sound 9/10[6]
Paste 8/10[7]
HipHopDX 3.5/5 stars[8]
Pitchfork 6.2/10[9]

Sour Soul has received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 27 reviews. In a mixed review for Exclaim!, Eric Zaworski noted that the record "hurriedly finishes without giving its concepts enough time to bloom," further explaining that "the production is top-notch, but Ghost rarely shifts into uncharted lyrical territory, holding back Sour Soul's otherwise consistent production."[5]

In an extremely positive review, giving the album a score of 9 out of 10, Sam Moore wrote for Drowned in Sound that "Sour Soul is sublime." Adding that "rather than standing around starstruck, BBNG have more than proven their worth as Ghostface’s backing band."[6]

The album was a short-listed nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.[10]

Track listing

  • All tracks are produced by Frank Dukes and BadBadNotGood.[11]
  • Ghostface does not appear on track 1, 5 and 12, which are instrumental tracks.
  • Additional production by Wayne Gordon [12]
No. Title Length
1. "Mono" (instrumental) 0:58
2. "Sour Soul"   2:45
3. "Six Degrees" (featuring Danny Brown) 3:40
4. "Gunshowers" (featuring Elzhi) 3:03
5. "Stark's Reality" (instrumental) 2:12
6. "Tone's Rap"   2:58
7. "Mind Playing Tricks"   2:37
8. "Street Knowledge" (featuring TREE) 3:24
9. "Ray Gun" (featuring DOOM) 3:07
10. "Nuggets of Wisdom"   2:11
11. "Food"   3:23
12. "Experience" (instrumental) 2:37
Total length:
 32:55

Personnel

  • Matthew Tavares - guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Chester Hansen - bass guitar, keyboards
  • Alexander Sowinski - drums, percussion, synthesizer, vibraphone
  • Ghostface Killah - rapper
  • Frank Dukes – production
  • Tommy Paxton-Beesley – cello, violin, trombone, guitar, organ
  • Leland Whitty – saxophone, viola, violin
  • David Lewis – tuba
  • Thomas Brenneck - guitar
  • Wayne Gordon - guitar, production, engineer
  • Jared Tankel - baritone saxophone
  • Billy Aukstik - trumpet
  • Nadav Same Nirenberg - trombone
  • Freddy DeBoe - tenor saxophone

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 54
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[14] 1
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[14] 5
US Billboard 200[15] 109
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] 12

References

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  10. ↑ http://polarismusicprize.ca/blog/2015-polaris-music-prize-short-list/
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  12. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/BadBadNotGood-Ghostface-Killah-Sour-Soul/release/6700403
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  15. ↑ "Badbadnotgood – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Badbadnotgood.
  16. ↑ "Badbadnotgood – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Badbadnotgood.
  17. ↑ "Badbadnotgood – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Badbadnotgood.

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