- hip hop, jazz rap
- 63 min
- 24 tracks
- Stones Throw Records
The Unseen is the debut studio album by Quasimoto, a hip-hop duo composed of Madlib and his animated alter ego Lord Quas. It was released under Stones Throw Records on June 13, 2000. It was re-released in 2005 as a deluxe edition with a bonus CD containing the instrumental version of the album. The Unseen received critical acclaim at the time of its release, and is considered an essential album in underground hip-hop.
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Character-led, intimate, cool and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Muzik4/5
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.3/10
- RapReviews9/10
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1Welcome to Violence0:49
- 2Bad Character1:56
- 3Microphone Mathematics3:15
- 4Basic Instinct2:11
- 5Goodmorning Sunshine2:57
- 6Discipline 99, Pt. 02:33
- 7Low Class Conspiracy2:26
- 8Return of the Loop Digga3:46
- 9Real Eyes3:23
- 10Come on Feet3:35
- 11Bluffin2:47
- 12Boom Music2:48
- 13MHB’s2:03
- 14Put a Curse on You1:47
- 15Astro Black3:17
- 16Green Power2:60
- 17Jazz Cats, Pt. 12:43
- 1824-72:49
- 19The Unseen2:54
- 20Phony Game1:57
- 21Astro Travellin2:59
- 22Blitz1:16
- 23Axe Puzzles2:35
- 24Discipline 99, Pt. 13:36
24 tracks, 63 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Quasimoto
- Label
- Stones Throw Records
- Released
- June 13, 2000
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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