"Pet Cemetery (song)" redirects here. Not to be confused with Pet Sematary (song).
Whack World is the debut mixtape[1] by American rapper Tierra Whack. It was released on May 30, 2018, by Interscope Records.[2] The album is mainly produced by Kenete Simms and Nick Verruto, and conscripts other producers including J Melodic, RicandThadeus, DJ Fly Guy, and Scott Styles. It was mixed and engineered by Kenete Simms and mastered by Chris Athens.[3] The album artwork—of an arcade claw machine—was designed by Nick Canonica[4] and features a sculpture made by Philadelphia artist Caroline Kunka.[5]
Whack was bullied as a child for being black in a predominantly white school, which inspired much of the "emotional labor" that was done on the album.[6] With each song length being a minute long, Tierra Whack released a 15-minute visual album with a music video for each track.[7] Whack says that she's a visual learner, and the visuals for Whack World allowed her to bring her ideas to life and "bring truth to the viewer's eye."[8] Regarding the many changes in her voice, Whack spoke to Billboard saying:
I get so bored with my voice. It started when I was a class clown, and realized I was kind of funny. And it's bad because sometimes I'll still do it – I'll hear someone and they'll have a funny ass voice, and I'll mock it. But that's rude, so I'll have to [do it] somewhere alone, and mock the voice to like, get it out, and know I can do that voice. I'm a sponge, so I just hear these things.[9]
The album was critically acclaimed and received positive reviews. Pitchfork praised the album, giving it a 8.3 out of 10 rating, saying: "Whack World is a funhouse of minute-long vignettes, teetering between a fantastic dream and an unsettling nightmare. Lyrics share double meanings with the corresponding 15-minute visual Whack released alongside the album, which adds even more dimension and intrigue to the ambitious project; light and dark are forced to coexist." The author also claimed that the visual album is "prepackaged for optimum socialmedia consumption; every tiny piece stands on its own without losing sight of the larger picture. At its core, though, Whack's sense of humor—her captivating depiction of a black woman's imagination—is an opportunity to celebrate an aspect of art that often goes uncelebrated, an opportunity for Whack to celebrate herself."[11] In a Wired piece about women in the music industry in 2019, the author wrote that Whack World was working to destabilize the popular maximalist narrative currently characterizing music.[14]NPR hip hop writer Rodney Carmichael praised Whack's dream logic that characterizes the visual album, saying "each song vignette offers a deeper level of revelation into her black girl's blues."[6]
^Berry, Peter A. (March 15, 2024). "Tierra Whack Delivers on All of Her Potential With Kaleidoscopic World Wide Whack: Album Review". Variety. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
^"Whack World by Tierra Whack". iTunes. 30 May 2018.
^ abCarmichael, Rodney. "Tierra Whack's Labor Of Self-Love, From Car Wash To Critical Mass". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^"It'll Only Take Tierra Whack 15 Minutes to Freak You the Fuck Out". Noisey. June 2018.
^Cineas, Fabiola (2019-03-23). "North Philly Rapper Tierra Whack Is the Future of Hip-Hop". Philadelphia Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
^Maher, Natalie. "Tierra Whack on New Project 'Whack World,' Eating Chicken Wings With Andre 3000 & Why She Wants to Record in Tokyo". Billboard.
^Eustice, Kyle (June 12, 2018). "Review: Tierra Whack's Audiovisual Journey Into "Whack World" Puts That Repeat Button To Work". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
^Bromfield, Daniel (June 12, 2018). "Tierra Whack: Whack World". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
^Christgau, Robert (July 14, 2018). "Robert Christgau on G.O.O.D Music's Good (and Less Good) Music". Vice. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
^Parham, Jason (2019-02-14). "Women Will Dominate—and Dismantle—the Music Industry in 2019". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^"Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2018: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^"Top 50 Albums of 2018". Complex. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^Dazed (2018-12-05). "The 20 best albums of 2018". Dazed. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
^"100 Best Albums of 2018". Vice.com. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
^"Okayplayer's Best Albums of 2018". Okayplayer. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^"Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2018". Pitchfork. 11 December 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^"Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
^"The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 (10-1)". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
April 10, 2024
whack, world, cemetery, song, redirects, here, confused, with, sematary, song, debut, mixtape, american, rapper, tierra, whack, released, 2018, interscope, records, album, mainly, produced, kenete, simms, nick, verruto, conscripts, other, producers, including,. Pet Cemetery song redirects here Not to be confused with Pet Sematary song Whack World is the debut mixtape 1 by American rapper Tierra Whack It was released on May 30 2018 by Interscope Records 2 The album is mainly produced by Kenete Simms and Nick Verruto and conscripts other producers including J Melodic RicandThadeus DJ Fly Guy and Scott Styles It was mixed and engineered by Kenete Simms and mastered by Chris Athens 3 The album artwork of an arcade claw machine was designed by Nick Canonica 4 and features a sculpture made by Philadelphia artist Caroline Kunka 5 Whack WorldMixtape by Tierra WhackReleasedMay 30 2018Recorded2017 2018GenreHip hopLength14 56LabelInterscopeProducerKenete SimmsNick VerrutoJ MelodicRicandThadeusDJ Fly GuyScott StylesTierra Whack chronologyWhack World 2018 Rap 2021 Singles from Whack World Hungry Hippo Released February 14 2019 Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 2 1 Accolades 3 Track listing 4 ReferencesBackground editWhack was bullied as a child for being black in a predominantly white school which inspired much of the emotional labor that was done on the album 6 With each song length being a minute long Tierra Whack released a 15 minute visual album with a music video for each track 7 Whack says that she s a visual learner and the visuals for Whack World allowed her to bring her ideas to life and bring truth to the viewer s eye 8 Regarding the many changes in her voice Whack spoke to Billboard saying I get so bored with my voice It started when I was a class clown and realized I was kind of funny And it s bad because sometimes I ll still do it I ll hear someone and they ll have a funny ass voice and I ll mock it But that s rude so I ll have to do it somewhere alone and mock the voice to like get it out and know I can do that voice I m a sponge so I just hear these things 9 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingHipHopDX4 3 5 10 Pitchfork8 3 10 11 Spectrum Culture nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Vice Expert Witness A 13 The album was critically acclaimed and received positive reviews Pitchfork praised the album giving it a 8 3 out of 10 rating saying Whack World is a funhouse of minute long vignettes teetering between a fantastic dream and an unsettling nightmare Lyrics share double meanings with the corresponding 15 minute visual Whack released alongside the album which adds even more dimension and intrigue to the ambitious project light and dark are forced to coexist The author also claimed that the visual album is prepackaged for optimum social media consumption every tiny piece stands on its own without losing sight of the larger picture At its core though Whack s sense of humor her captivating depiction of a black woman s imagination is an opportunity to celebrate an aspect of art that often goes uncelebrated an opportunity for Whack to celebrate herself 11 In a Wired piece about women in the music industry in 2019 the author wrote that Whack World was working to destabilize the popular maximalist narrative currently characterizing music 14 NPR hip hop writer Rodney Carmichael praised Whack s dream logic that characterizes the visual album saying each song vignette offers a deeper level of revelation into her black girl s blues 6 Accolades edit Year end lists Publication Accolade RankBillboard 50 Best Albums of 2018 15 19Complex The Best Albums of 2018 16 16Dazed 20 Best Albums of 2018 17 1Noisey 100 Best Albums of 2018 18 1Okayplayer The Best Albums of 2018 19 2Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2018 20 9Exclaim Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of 2018 21 7NPR Music 50 Best Albums of 2018 22 10Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Black Nails Tierra WhackKenete Simms0 582 Bugs Life WhackSimms0 583 Flea Market WhackSimms1 004 Cable Guy WhackNick VerrutoVerruto1 005 4 Wings WhackSimmsSimms1 006 Hookers WhackVerrutoVerruto1 007 Hungry Hippo WhackVerrutoVerruto1 008 Pet Cemetery WhackSimmsSimms1 009 Fuck Off WhackJ MelodicMelodic1 0010 Silly Sam WhackVerrutoVerruto1 0011 Fruit Salad WhackC McMillanRicandThadeusRicandThadeus1 0012 Pretty Ugly WhackMelodicDJ Fly GuyMelodicDJ Fly Guy1 0013 Sore Loser WhackScott Styles1 0014 Dr Seuss WhackSimmsSimms1 0015 Waze WhackSimmsSimms1 00Total length 14 56References edit Berry Peter A March 15 2024 Tierra Whack Delivers on All of Her Potential With Kaleidoscopic World Wide Whack Album Review Variety Retrieved March 17 2024 Whack World by Tierra Whack iTunes 30 May 2018 Whack World Amazon Canonica Nick SAVENICK www instagram com Retrieved 2021 10 18 Caroline Kunka Home www carolinekunka com Retrieved 2019 07 25 a b Carmichael Rodney Tierra Whack s Labor Of Self Love From Car Wash To Critical Mass NPR org Retrieved 2019 05 02 It ll Only Take Tierra Whack 15 Minutes to Freak You the Fuck Out Noisey June 2018 Cineas Fabiola 2019 03 23 North Philly Rapper Tierra Whack Is the Future of Hip Hop Philadelphia Magazine Retrieved 2019 05 04 Maher Natalie Tierra Whack on New Project Whack World Eating Chicken Wings With Andre 3000 amp Why She Wants to Record in Tokyo Billboard Eustice Kyle June 12 2018 Review Tierra Whack s Audiovisual Journey Into Whack World Puts That Repeat Button To Work HipHopDX Retrieved February 9 2019 a b Younger Briana June 12 2018 Tierra Whack Whack World Pitchfork Retrieved February 9 2019 Bromfield Daniel June 12 2018 Tierra Whack Whack World Spectrum Culture Retrieved February 9 2019 Christgau Robert July 14 2018 Robert Christgau on G O O D Music s Good and Less Good Music Vice Retrieved February 9 2019 Parham Jason 2019 02 14 Women Will Dominate and Dismantle the Music Industry in 2019 Wired ISSN 1059 1028 Retrieved 2019 05 05 Billboard s 50 Best Albums of 2018 Critics Picks Billboard Retrieved December 27 2018 Top 50 Albums of 2018 Complex December 4 2018 Retrieved December 27 2018 Dazed 2018 12 05 The 20 best albums of 2018 Dazed Retrieved 2019 01 07 100 Best Albums of 2018 Vice com 2018 12 08 Retrieved 2019 01 08 Okayplayer s Best Albums of 2018 Okayplayer Retrieved 27 December 2018 Uncut s 75 Best Albums of 2018 Pitchfork 11 December 2018 Retrieved December 27 2018 Exclaim s Top 10 Hip Hop Albums Exclaim Retrieved January 11 2019 The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 10 1 NPR org Retrieved 2019 05 05 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Whack World amp oldid 1216211054, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
