Pick a Bigger Weapon
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Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78 based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Rolling Stone named it the 49th best album of 2006.[4] ThoughtCo placed it at number 9 on the "Best Rap Albums of 2006" list.[5]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Boots Riley – vocals, claps, drum programming, production, recording, mixing
- Pam the Funkstress – turntables
Additional musicians
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- Michael Aaberg – synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), piano (4, 5, 7, 11, 16, 17), clavinet (7, 10), organ (10, 17)
- Steve Wyreman – guitar (1)
- IRS – vocals (2)
- Moses Kremer – guitar (2)
- Uriah Duffy – bass guitar (2, 11, 15)
- Oslem Asina – vocals (3)
- Silk E – vocals (3, 15)
- Reginald Brown – vocals (3)
- Dawn-Elissa Fischer – vocals (3, 5)
- Dave Council – bass guitar (3, 4, 10, 14), piano (13, 14), synthesizer (14)
- James Henry – congas (3), percussion (4)
- Black Thought – vocals (4)
- Talib Kweli – vocals (4)
- Rod Gadson – vocals (4)
- Viveca Hawkins – vocals (4, 9)
- Eric McFadden – guitar (4, 9, 10, 11)
- David James – guitar (5, 11, 14)
- Damion Gallegos – guitar (5), claps (5), recording
- John Payne – bass guitar (5)
- Damion Masterson – harmonica (5)
- Ben Barnes – viola (5, 14, 15), violin (5, 14, 15), cello (14)
- Rebekah Raff – harp (5)
- Brian Collier – drums (5)
- Degi Simmons – congas (5, 10)
- Kween – vocals (6, 17)
- Lawrence "L" Wiley – vocals (6, 16)
- Elijah Baker – bass guitar (6, 7, 13, 17)
- Reggie B. – vocals (7)
- B'nai Rebelfront – guitar (7)
- Dawud Allah – vocals (8)
- Jordan Rode – vocals (8)
- Butch – vocals (9)
- Alina Hubbard-Riley – vocals (10)
- stic.man – vocals (10)
- Dawud Allah – vocals (12)
- Jordan Rode – vocals (12), recording
- Jello Biafra – vocals (12)
- Jubu Smith – guitar (13, 14, 16)
- Myron Glasper – vocals (13, 14)
- D'wayne Wiggins – guitar (15)
- Reginald Brown – vocals (16)
- Tom Morello – guitar (16)
- Vernon Hall – bass guitar (16)
- Q Jackson – cymbal (17)
- Cameron Hunt – guitar (17)
- Pete Ortega – saxophone (17)
- Isaac Tena – trumpet (17)
- Organized Elements – drum programming (17), production (17)
Technical personnel
- Matt Kelley – recording, mixing
- Kenneth Hung – cover art
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[1] | 24 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[2] | 35 |
References
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External links
- Pick a Bigger Weapon at Discogs (list of releases)
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