Circle (Boom Bip and Doseone album)

Circle is a collaborative studio album by Boom Bip & Doseone. It was originally released via Mush Records on August 1, 2000.[4] In Europe, it was re-released via The Leaf Label on May 27, 2002.[5]

Circle
Studio album by
Boom Bip & Doseone
ReleasedAugust 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)
RecordedAugust 1, 1999 – October 1, 1999
GenreHip hop, poetry reading
Length70:35
LabelMush Records
ProducerBoom Bip, Doseone
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Exclaim!favorable[2]
The Milk Factory[3]

Critical reception

Kingsley Marshall of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "Boom's otherworldly production and sense of the epic match the rapid-fire delivery of Dose blow for blow -- though occasionally the lyrics come so quickly that lines have to be spun simultaneously through different speakers."[1] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! called it "one of the greatest contemporary hip-hop albums".[2]

The New York Times included it on the year-end "Worthwhile Albums Most People Missed" list.[6]

In 2010, Ali Maloney of The Skinny described it as "a critical textbook for anyone with delusions of performance poetry."[7] In 2011, Black Gillespie of Impose said, "Circle remains one of the most daring and challenging records from the early Aughts, predating Anticon's 'advanced hip hop' era."[8]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Open"0:10
2."The Birdcatcher"3:10
3."Square"0:51
4."Dead Man's Teal"2:57
5."Re: The Rarity of Meaningful Experience"1:08
6."Directions to California"1:37
7."The Lantern"3:19
8."'Art Saved My Life' - 71"1:37
9."Questions Over Coffee"3:16
10."Wishful Thinking"2:51
11."Ironish"3:39
12."21 to 35"0:23
13."Slight"3:17
14."'Open Quotes"0:54
15."Town Crier's Walk"4:25
16."Fence Hopping"1:35
17."Poetic License"1:30
18."Viewfinder"1:08
19."The Birdcatcher's Return"4:11
20."Sleep Talkin"2:43
21."Gin"5:03
22."Goddamn Telephone"2:48
23."I Get It"0:13
24."Me and People"3:54
25."Ho's"0:38
26."Square... No Corners"1:37
27."This Album Was Meant to Be Myself but Somewhere Along the Line It Ended Up Feeling More Like You... Yet..."0:36
28."The Birdcatcher's Oath"5:20
29."Close"5:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Boom Bip – writing, production
  • Doseone – writing, production
  • Robert Curcio – additional production
  • Tony Franklin – drums (on "The Birdcatcher's Return")
  • Tony Luensman – alternative instrumentation (on "Gin")
  • Mark Fox – puppets
  • Hiro Matsuo – photography

References
  1. Marshall, Kingsley. "Circle - Boom Bip & Doseone". AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. Quinlan, Thomas (May 1, 2000). "Boom Bip & Dose One - Circle". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  3. "Boom Bip & Doseone - Circle". The Milk Factory. July 2002. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  4. "MH-201: Boom Bip & Doseone - Circle". Mush Records. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  5. "Circle". The Leaf Label. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  6. Strauss, Neil; Pareles, Jon; Ratliff, Ben; Powers, Ann (December 28, 2000). "The Pop Life: Undeservedly Obscure; Pop Critics List the Worthwhile Albums Most People Missed". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  7. Maloney, Ali (June 30, 2010). "A Rough Guide to Doseone". The Skinny. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  8. Gillespie, Blake (2011). "Boom Bip rises from the instrumental hip hop graveyard". Impose. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
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