LP!
LP! is the fourth studio album by American rapper JPEGMafia. Released on October 22, 2021, his 32nd birthday, LP! is JPEGMafia's final studio album released with Republic Records and EQT Recordings. LP! has two versions: an "online" version which was the version released on streaming services, and an "offline" version which was released on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp, featuring a slightly different tracklist due to sample-related issues. The album includes guest appearances from DatPiffMafia, Kimbra, Tkay Maidza, and Denzel Curry (online version only). Upon release, LP! received acclaim among music critics and publications, with some critics naming the "offline" version of the album as one of JPEGMafia's best albums.
| LP! | ||||
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 "Offline" cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 22, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2019–2021 | |||
| Studio | JPEGMafia's home studio | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde rap[1][2] | |||
| Length | 49:02 (Online) 56:50 (Offline) | |||
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| Producer | ||||
| JPEGMafia chronology | ||||
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| Singles from LP! | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 "Online" cover | ||||
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 9/10[4] |
| HipHopDX | 3.7/5[5] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 9/10[6] |
| NME |   [7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[8] |
LP! is the fourth studio album by American rapper JPEGMafia. Released on October 22, 2021, his 32nd birthday, LP! is JPEGMafia's final studio album released with Republic Records and EQT Recordings.[9] LP! has two versions: an "online" version which was the version released on streaming services, and an "offline" version which was released on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp, featuring a slightly different tracklist due to sample-related issues. The album includes guest appearances from DatPiffMafia, Kimbra, Tkay Maidza, and Denzel Curry (online version only).
Upon release, LP! received acclaim among music critics and publications, with some critics naming the "offline" version of the album as one of JPEGMafia's best albums.
Background
[edit]On September 13, 2019, JPEGMafia released his third studio album All My Heroes Are Cornballs to widespread critical acclaim from music critics,[10] and ventured on the JPEGMafia Type Tour to support the album.[11] On February 20, 2020, he released "Bald!" as a single with an accompanying music video.[12] On May 5, 2020, a remix version of the album was released with an accompanying music video featuring rapper Denzel Curry, who previously collaborated on "Vengeance" from the latter's 2018 studio album Ta13oo.[13] Nineteen days later, JPEGMafia released "Cutie Pie!" with an accompanying music video.[14]
After months of silence, JPEGMafia released the extended play EP! to streaming services with no prior announcement on December 10, 2020, with nine songs in its track list, including its three previous singles.[15] In an interview with Zack Lowe, JPEGMafia discussed his plans for the following year, explaining that he carefully considers his actions in advance and had already begun working on new material.[15] He noted that, although he had not released a project that year, he intended to be very active in 2021.[15] On February 21, 2021, he released EP2!, with seven songs in its track list.[16]
Promotion
[edit]On August 31, 2021, JPEGMafia released "Trust!" to streaming services and announced his upcoming fourth studio album and tour.[17] The tour took place throughout October and December 2021 on its North American leg, and throughout March and April on its European leg.[17]
Release
[edit]LP! was released as two separate versions, being the "online" and "offline" versions. This was done due to issues regarding sample clearances with multiple songs planned for the album, most notably "Hazard Duty Pay!".[18][19] The "offline" version is how JPEGMafia had intended to release the album, with multiple cuts and changes being made for the "online" streaming version.[18][20] In an interview with Office Magazine, JPEGMafia gave his reasoning behind releasing the "offline" version of LP!:
I was like, even if I can't clear this, I wanted people to hear it.... I just didn't want people to think that the version of streaming was my fully formed like vision, because my personal vision would not be to put three songs in there, that were already out. My full vision was the offline one. So for the hardcore fans, they can listen to that if they want. And the version online is comparable, but like the if you want to see the true one, you know what I mean, just for the nerds, it's there. It’s out there if you want to go get it.[20]
Reissues
[edit]On December 22, 2022, JPEGMafia released a remaster of the "offline" version on vinyl, CD, and USB stick. This version came with new cover art, a lyric book, and instrumentals for each song.[21] This version was released to streaming platforms on May 23, 2023.
Reception
[edit]My fans seem to really like it and as long as they like it, I’m satisfied. Everything els is a bonus. Because when I released EP2!, they didn’t really like that too much. So I felt terrible. I don’t really care what anybody else said about it. But this one, they seem to be enjoying it. I think they expected me to be on cruise control but it’s just like, I don’t even know what that is. If I’m working on something, I’m going to put my whole everything into it, and this is the best I could do, in one of the worst periods of time in my life, mentally. So I’m just glad that they like it.
LP! received critical acclaim. According to the review aggregator Metacritic, LP! received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from five critic scores.[23]
Robin Murray of Clash praises the album and considers it "even by his own standards, emphatically broad. 18 tracks with nary a second wasted, his intense, finessed approach to creativity seizes upon each idea, pushes it to the very outermost, and then moves on."[4]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written, produced, mixed, and mastered by JPEGMAFIA, except "Nemo!", produced by JPEGMAFIA and Buzzy Lee.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trust!" | 2:15 | |
| 2. | "Dirty!" | 2:07 | |
| 3. | "Nemo!" | 2:07 | |
| 4. | "End Credits!" | 1:48 | |
| 5. | "Hazard Duty Pay!" | 2:37 | |
| 6. | "God Don't Like Ugly!" | 1:19 | |
| 7. | "What Kinda Rappin' Is This?" | 3:09 | |
| 8. | "Thots Prayer!" | 3:13 | |
| 9. | "Are U Happy?" | 3:05 | |
| 10. | "Rebound!" (featuring DatPiffMafia) | 3:35 | |
| 11. | "💯" | 2:00 | |
| 12. | "OG!" | 1:34 | |
| 13. | "Dikembe!" | 3:02 | |
| 14. | "Tired, Nervous & Broke!" (featuring Kimbra) | 5:36 | |
| 15. | "🔥" | 3:19 | |
| 16. | "Nice!" | 2:56 | |
| 17. | "BMT!" | 2:18 | |
| 18. | "The Ghost of Ranking Dread!" (featuring Tkay Maidza) |
| 3:26 |
| 19. | "Dam! Dam! Dam!" | 3:33 | |
| 20. | "Untitled" | 2:44 | |
| Total length: | 56:50 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trust!" | 2:14 | |
| 2. | "Dirty!" | 2:00 | |
| 3. | "Nemo!" | 2:07 | |
| 4. | "End Credits!" | 1:55 | |
| 5. | "What Kind of Rappin' Is This?" | 1:52 | |
| 6. | "Thot's Prayer!" |
| 3:07 |
| 7. | "Are U Happy?" | 3:05 | |
| 8. | "Rebound!" (featuring DatPiffMafia) | 3:44 | |
| 9. | "OG!" | 1:35 | |
| 10. | "Dam! Dam! Dam!" | 3:29 | |
| 11. | "Sick, Nervous & Broke!" | 5:24 | |
| 12. | "Kissy Face Emoji!" | 3:25 | |
| 13. | "Nice!" | 1:36 | |
| 14. | "BMT!" | 2:22 | |
| 15. | "The Ghost of Ranking Dread!" (featuring Tkay Maidza) |
| 3:27 |
| 16. | "Cutie Pie!" | 2:26 | |
| 17. | "Bald!" | 2:32 | |
| 18. | "Bald! Remix" (featuring Denzel Curry) |
| 2:33 |
| Total length: | 49:02 | ||
Notes
- All track names are stylized in uppercase.
- On the offline version, the following things are different from the online release on streaming services:
- "Bald!", "Bald! Remix" and "Cutie Pie!" are excluded from the track listing.
- "Hazard Duty Pay!", "God Don't Like Ugly!", "💯", "Dikembe!", "Untitled" are added to the track listing.
- "Kissy Face Emoji!" is listed as "🔥", "What Kind of Rappin' Is This?" is listed as "What Kinda Rappin' Is This?", and "Sick, Nervous & Broke!" is listed as "Tired, Nervous & Broke!".
- "End Credits!" has been sped up, changing its length from 1:55 to 1:47.
- "What Kinda Rappin' Is This?" has been extended, changing its length from 1:52 to 3:08.
- "End Credits!" contains a sample of retired professional wrestler Arn Anderson cutting a promo on Cody Rhodes during an episode of AEW Dynamite on September 29, 2021.[24]
- "Thot's Prayer" contains an interpolation of "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears.[25]
- On SoundCloud, the following songs have been extended or shortened:
- "Dirty!" has been shortened, changing its length from 2:07 to 2:03.
- "Tired, Nervous & Broke!" has been extended, changing its length from 5:36 to 6:15.
- "Kissy Face Emoji!" has been shortened, changing its length from 3:19 to 3:16.
- "Dam! Dam! Dam!" has been shortened, changing its length from 3:33 to 3:28.
- On the Bandcamp and SoundCloud version of Offline!, "100 Emoji!" has been extended to 2:34.
Offline!
[edit]The tracks included on the "offline" version were officially added to streaming services in the form of an EP, titled Offline! on February 24, 2022.[26] As of June 2023, the EP's title has been changed to Offline to distinguish it from the "offline" version of the album, as its official streaming upload uses the exclamation mark.[27]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written and produced by JPEGMafia.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hazard Duty Pay!" | 2:37 |
| 2. | "Dikembe!" | 3:02 |
| 3. | "God Don't Like Ugly!" | 1:09 |
| 4. | "Untitled" | 2:48 |
| 5. | "100 Emoji!" | 1:59 |
| Total length: | 11:36 | |
Notes
- "💯" is listed as "100 Emoji!"
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the digital booklet.[28]
- JPEGMafia – production, songwriting, mixing, mastering (all tracks), piano ("Tired, Nervous & Broke!")
- DatPiffMafia – featured vocals, songwriting ("Rebound!")
- Tkay Maidza – featured vocals, songwriting ("The Ghost of Ranking Dread!")
- Denzel Curry – featured vocals, songwriting ("Bald! Remix")
- Alex Goose – sample replay ("Hazard Duty Pay!")
- Buzzy Lee – additional production ("Nemo!")
- Kimbra – additional vocals ("Tired, Nervous & Broke!")
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[29] | 9 |
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Independent Albums Breakers (OCC)[30] | 17 |
| UK R&B Albums (OCC)[31] | 15 |
| UK Record Store (OCC)[32] | 35 |
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