O.K. (Kool A.D. album)
O.K. is a mixtape by Kool A.D., released November 26, 2015. The album features guest appearances from Killer Mike, Shady Blaze, Angel Haze, Lakutis, Despot, Chairlift, Toro Y Moi, Talib Kweli, Boots Riley of The Coup, and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire[2][3] and is composed of 100 songs, meant as a "spiritual soundtrack" to his upcoming 100-chapter novel, also titled O.K.[4]
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| Released | November 26, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Oakland, California | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 6 hours 38 minutes[1] | |||
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Critical reception
Upon release, the album was described by The Fader as Kool A.D.'s "most ambitious musical project yet,"[4] and Okayplayer called it "a blistering and damn impressive piece of work".[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello" | Kool A.D. | 3:49 |
| 2. | "O.K." | Keyboard Kid | 4:49 |
| 3. | "Santeria" | Toro y Moi | 5:11 |
| 4. | "No Parezco a Nadie" (feat. Mellow Man Ace) | Amaze 88 | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Games" | Toro y Moi | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Game" (feat. Shady Blaze) | Issue | 3:54 |
| 7. | "LSD" | Audio Narcos | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen" | Chase n Cashe | 1:34 |
| 9. | "Huez uv Lite" (feat. Plinio) | Plinio | 3:10 |
| 10. | "2 Much" | Issue | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Faneto Freestyle" (feat. Polo) | Chief Keef | 6:38 |
| 12. | "BWOY" (feat. Epic) | Amaze 88 | 9:30 |
| 13. | "Chuy Gomez" (feat. Chaz Van Queen & Raheem Recess) | Amaze 88 | 9:30 |
| 14. | "Trouble Nap" | Kool A.D. | 0:58 |
| 15. | "Hot Tub Rhyme Machine" | Dame Grease | 9:44 |
| 16. | "Knowledge Equality" | Kool A.D. | 3:57 |
| 17. | "#BlackBrunch" (feat. Amaze 88, Kassa Overall, & Chaz Van Queen) | Posse Cuts Anonymous | 5:28 |
| 18. | "Up Down Freestyle" | DJ Mustard | 3:53 |
| 19. | "Faith Healing" (feat. Amaze 88) | Amaze 88 | 4:11 |
| 20. | "Jazzz" (feat. KBob, Kassa Overall, Loren Hell, Aaron Cohen, & Chaz Van Queen) | Posse Cuts Anonymous | 10:20 |
| 21. | "U Like Dat" (feat. Amaze 88) | Amaze 88 | 3:52 |
| 22. | "Swoop Swoop" | Young Mozart | 1:48 |
| 23. | "Women B Shoppin" | Kool A.D. | 0:59 |
| 24. | "4:50 AM" (feat. Chaz Van Queen, Kassa Overall, Amaze 88, & Aaron Cohen) | Posse Cuts Anonymous | 8:42 |
| 25. | "Zup" | Amaze 88 | 3:46 |
| 26. | "Pretty Bodies Fly" (feat. YC the Cynic & Lakutis) | Steel Tipped Dove | 3:52 |
| 27. | "So What" (feat. Raheem Recess) | Pierre Pharaoh | 4:06 |
| 28. | "Hood Party" (feat. Fat Tony & Despot) | Tom Cruz | 4:03 |
| 29. | "Shotcaller Freestyle" | Harry Fraud | 3:00 |
| 30. | "Slack" (feat. Cult Days) | Kool A.D. | 1:31 |
| 31. | "Rap Olympics" | Mike Finito | 2:05 |
| 32. | "Future Primitive Art School" (feat. Big Baby Gandhi) | Hot 97 | 3:48 |
| 33. | "Rapturez Deelite" | Kool A.D. | 8:45 |
| 34. | "Bullshit" (feat. New Earth Creeps) | New Earth Creeps | 2:12 |
| 35. | "Jungle Fever Remix" (feat. Angel Haze) | J-La | 4:18 |
| 36. | "Bohemian Grove Zeemix" | Boy Crisis LLC | 5:28 |
| 37. | "Writing Leverage" (feat. Fat Tony, Lakutis, & Nasty Nigel) | Hot Sugar | 4:39 |
| 38. | "This Girl is Rich" (feat. Trackademicks & 1-O.A.K.) | Trackademicks | 4:28 |
| 39. | "I Don't Want to be a Player No More" | Kool A.D. | 1:29 |
| 40. | "Jackson Pollock" (feat. Maffew Ragazino) | Harry Fraud | 3:49 |
| 41. | "Life of Pi" (feat. Raw Don, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, & Michael Christmas) | Constrobuz | 7:41 |
| 42. | "Thought So" | Too Shirts | 1:19 |
| 43. | "Zonin" (feat. Issue) | Keyboard Kid | 4:55 |
| 44. | "1989 World Series Freestyle" |
| 2:27 |
| 45. | "Holy Sound" (feat. King Sterlz & DJ MilkCrates) | DJ Detonate | 3:54 |
| 46. | "Pain Killers" (feat. Little Pain, Lofty 305, Wiki, & Antwon) | Michael Uzowuru | 5:19 |
| 47. | "2 Late" (feat. Toro y Moi & Sage) | Toro y Moi | 3:44 |
| 48. | "We Know" (feat. Niko Is) | Thanks Joey | 5:20 |
| 49. | "Nothing" (feat. Kassa Overall) | Keyboard Kid | 4:04 |
| 50. | "Go Supersonics" | Kool A.D. | 1:16 |
| 51. | "V.I.P." (feat. Killer Mike & Boots Riley) | The Coup | 2:18 |
| 52. | "A Ganglion of Lightnings Dancehall Treemix" (feat. Ra Sekem) | Boys Crisis LLC | 3:26 |
| 53. | "This Bitter Earth" | Shaleik | 3:24 |
| 54. | "The Pain" | Kool A.D. | 2:06 |
| 55. | "Break Spinal" (feat. Well$ & Ness) | Weekend Money | 3:10 |
| 56. | "Anything" (feat. Bill Ding, Kechphrase, Fat Tony, Big Baby Gandhi, Epic, & Tre DeJean) | Kechphrase | 5:31 |
| 57. | "Phony Rappers" (feat. Lakutis) | Steel Tipped Dove | 3:05 |
| 58. | "Future Primitive Acupuncture Apprenticeship" (feat. Johnny Voltik) | Johnny Voltik | 3:10 |
| 59. | "These Dayz" (feat. Cavalier & Safe) | Scott Thorough | 4:24 |
| 60. | "Bang Bang" |
| 3:56 |
| 61. | "You Can't Win" (feat. Party Animal) | Party Animal | 0:47 |
| 62. | "I Guess I'm Dum But I Don't Care" | Kool A.D. | 1:20 |
| 63. | "Dangereaux" | The Shoes | 5:12 |
| 64. | "O Yea" | Kool A.D. | 1:00 |
| 65. | "Prove It" | Scoop DeVille | 4:20 |
| 66. | "Cheap Joy" | Kool A.D. | 1:39 |
| 67. | "Guest List" (feat. Dena) | Dena | 3:54 |
| 68. | "Youth Speaks" (feat. Loren Hell & Amaze 88) | Amaze 88 | 4:09 |
| 69. | "Free Palestine" | Toro y Moi | 3:04 |
| 70. | "Warhol's Wig" (feat. Creature) | Preservation | 4:01 |
| 71. | "Wassup" (feat. Raheem Recess) | Amazing SB | 4:29 |
| 72. | "Pop Ur Bubble" (feat. Beans & Sub Con) | Knifefight | 2:50 |
| 73. | "Daytona 900" (feat. Big Baby Gandhi, Chaz Van Queen, Kassa Overall, Tecla, Lakutis, Davito, DVS & Iron Solomon) | N/A | 9:10 |
| 74. | "Classic Man" (feat. Safe) | Roman GianArthur | 3:43 |
| 75. | "Hypersensitive Jester" (feat. Bill Ding) | Steel Tipped Dove | 3:57 |
| 76. | "Look at the Waves in Ur Hair" (feat. Lakutis & Ease Da Man) | Steel Tipped Dove | 3:14 |
| 77. | "Falcon Punch" (feat. Chavis Chandler) | Prime Conductor | 2:02 |
| 78. | "Swan Gang Genesis Lost Tapes Who Cares Swag Swag" (feat. Chaz Van Queen, Lakutis, & DVS) |
| 4:14 |
| 79. | "B Alikes" (feat. Chaz Van Queen) | N/A | 2:51 |
| 80. | "Do U Like It" (feat. Chaz Van Queen) | Chaz Van Queen | 4:31 |
| 81. | "Quit Ur Bitchin" (feat. Booys Riley & New Earth Creeps) | New Earth Creeps | 2:02 |
| 82. | "World Life Reality Peace God Immaculate" | Amaze 88 | 3:50 |
| 83. | "Pacific Skreet Freestyle" | Amaze 88 | 1:59 |
| 84. | "Sonic Reducer" | Keyboard Kid | 4:05 |
| 85. | "2 Rax Freeskyle" | Too Shirts | 2:52 |
| 86. | "Brobamian Algorithm" | Kechphrase | 2:13 |
| 87. | "Prison Reform" | Gonjasufi I Think | 3:18 |
| 88. | "Freakin Out" | Amaze 88 | 4:39 |
| 89. | "Real Love" (feat. Cult Days) | Ghostda | 2:07 |
| 90. | "Good Old Neon Too" | Kool A.D. | 1:29 |
| 91. | "The Actual" (feat. Talib Kweli) | Amaze 88 | 3:59 |
| 92. | "Pacific Ocean" | Kool A.D. | 3:35 |
| 93. | "Alice Coltrane Freestyle" | Kool A.D. | 6:41 |
| 94. | "Testify" (feat. Haleek Maul & Shady Blaze) | Haleek Maul | 3:55 |
| 95. | "Reggae Shmop" | Trackademicks | 3:37 |
| 96. | "Time uv Ur Lyfe" (feat. Issue) | Amaze 88 | 2:35 |
| 97. | "Maestro" | Amaze 88 | 3:50 |
| 98. | "Or a Ladder That's Forever" | Kool A.D. | 11:09 |
| 99. | "Dum Diary" | Amaze 88 | 8:31 |
| 100. | "Bye Bye" | Kool A.D. | 3:33 |
References
- Brock Cardiner (November 28, 2015). "Kool A.D. Just Dropped a Massive 100-Track Mixtape". High Snobiety. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- Gregory Adams (November 26, 2015). "Kool A.D. 'O.K.' (mixtape)". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- Peter Helman (November 29, 2015). "Kool A.D. Samples "Classic Man," Downton Abbey On 100-Track O.K. Mixtape". Stereogum. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- Jordan Darville (November 26, 2015). "Kool A.D.'s New Mixtape O.K. Is A 100 Song Soundtrack For His Novel". The Fader. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- Scott Heins. "Kool A.D. Just Dropped 100 New Songs, Plans For A New Novel & A Video For "O.K."". Okayplayer. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
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