Personal Journals
Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Personal Journals is the first solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis. It was released on Anticon in 2002. It peaked at number 8 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart.[1] As of 2005, it has sold 36,000 units.[2]
Critical reception
Template:Music ratings Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.7 out of 10, saying, "Personal Journals is a success because it turns the self-examination into poetry and then, harder still, turns the poems into great rap."[3] Stanton Swihart of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "The soundscapes that his team of producers came up with are every bit as unorthodox and superlative."[4] Clay Jarvis of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of "A−," calling it "the finest hip hop album of this year."[5]
Daniel Thomas-Glass of Dusted Magazine said, "The combination of Sage Francis's boldly self-searching poetry with the beats of some of underground hip hop's most talented producers is out-and-out breathtaking, from the opener 'Crack Pipes,' that brilliantly flips Sixtoo's impossible-to-rhyme-over beat from his instrumental opus The Secrets That Houses Keep, to the closing bars of 'Runaways,' the Joey Beats-produced outro that is quite haunting in its beauty."[6]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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- Sage Francis – vocals, recording, mixing, cover art design
- Sixtoo – production (1, 2, 11, 15, 16), recording, mixing
- DJ Mayonnaise – production (3, 4)
- Jel – production (5, 8)
- Scott Matelic – production (6)
- Reanimator – production (7)
- Alias – production (9)
- Odd Nosdam – production (10), layout
- Controller 7 – production (12)
- Mr. Dibbs – production (14), recording, mixing
- Joe Beats – production (18)
- DJ Mek – turntables (3)
- DJ Signify – turntables (7, 8)
- Mike 2600 – turntables (7)
- Grey Matter – turntables (15)
- Jay Peters – guitar (17)
- Matt Zimmerman – upright bass (17)
- Tara – keyboards (17)
- Matt Coolige – flute (17)
- Scott Begin – drums (17)
- Shalem B – turntables (17)
- Chris Warren – recording, mixing
- Jonathan Wyman – mastering
- Kara Healy – photography
References
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External links
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