A music video for the album's lead single "Go All Out" was directed by Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman and Rik Cordero and features an appearance from comedian Charlie Murphy.[2] Music videos were also shot for the tracks "Hold It Down" and "The Formula".
The Formula was met with generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 58, based on ten reviews.[3]
Emilee Woods of RapReviews praised the album, saying "minor complaints aside, 9th and Buck have definitely upped the ante on their debut, so much so that a re-naming might be in order".[8] Writing for SPIN, Mosi Reeves stated "despite its title, The Formula has its charms".[9]The A.V. Club reviewer Nathan Rabin said "The Formula should please 9th Wonder and Boot Camp Clik cultists, but hip-hop heads eager to hear 9th Wonder collaborate with rappers worthy of his talents are better off waiting for his next album with Murs--or praying for a reunion with Little Brother".[5] Evan McGarvey of Pitchfork said "...but even with 9th's craftsmanship, the melodies, like Buckshot's lyrics are vacuum-sealed. There's a pianissimo modesty that positively sucks the album dry".[7]
Track listingedit
All Tracks Produced by Patrick "9th Wonder" Douthit
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"Intro - The Formula" (featuring The Formula Crew)
^Jenning, Omar (June 9, 2008). "9th Wonder And Buckshot - The Formula | The Skinny". The Skinny. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^"Buckshot Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^"Buckshot Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^"Buckshot Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^"Buckshot Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
External linksedit
9th Wonder & Buckshot – The Formula at Discogs (list of releases)
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The Formula is the second collaborative studio album by American rapper Buckshot and record producer 9th Wonder It was released on April 29 2008 through Duck Down Music Recording sessions took place at De Stu at North Carolina Central University in Durham North Carolina Production was handled entirely by 9th Wonder with Buckshot and Drew Dru Ha Friedman serving as executive producers It features guest appearances from Carlitta Durand Arafat Yates Big Chops Keisha Shontelle Swan Talib Kweli Tyler Woods and the Formula Crew The album debuted at 137 on the Billboard 200 album chart opening with 5 874 units sold 1 The FormulaStudio album by 9th Wonder amp BuckshotReleasedApril 29 2008 2008 04 29 Recorded2007 08StudioDe Stu at North Carolina Central University Durham North Carolina GenreHip hopLength47 39LabelDuck DownProducerBuckshot exec Drew Dru Ha Friedman exec 9th Wonder9th Wonder amp Buckshot chronologyChemistry 2005 The Formula 2008 The Solution 2012 Singles from The Formula Go All Out Released 2008A music video for the album s lead single Go All Out was directed by Drew Dru Ha Friedman and Rik Cordero and features an appearance from comedian Charlie Murphy 2 Music videos were also shot for the tracks Hold It Down and The Formula Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 References 6 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic68 100 3 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 The A V ClubC 5 HipHopDX4 5 6 Pitchfork5 7 10 7 RapReviews8 10 8 Spin nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 The Skinny nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 The Formula was met with generally favorable reviews At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 58 based on ten reviews 3 Emilee Woods of RapReviews praised the album saying minor complaints aside 9th and Buck have definitely upped the ante on their debut so much so that a re naming might be in order 8 Writing for SPIN Mosi Reeves stated despite its title The Formula has its charms 9 The A V Club reviewer Nathan Rabin said The Formula should please 9th Wonder and Boot Camp Clik cultists but hip hop heads eager to hear 9th Wonder collaborate with rappers worthy of his talents are better off waiting for his next album with Murs or praying for a reunion with Little Brother 5 Evan McGarvey of Pitchfork said but even with 9th s craftsmanship the melodies like Buckshot s lyrics are vacuum sealed There s a pianissimo modesty that positively sucks the album dry 7 Track listing editAll Tracks Produced by Patrick 9th Wonder Douthit No TitleWriter s Length1 Intro The Formula featuring The Formula Crew Kenyatta BlakePatrick Douthit3 572 Ready Brand New Day BlakeDouthit3 523 Be Cool featuring Swan BlakeDouthit3 084 Go All Out No Doubt featuring Carlitta Durand BlakeDouthit3 395 No Future BlakeDouthit3 046 Hold It Down featuring Talib Kweli and Tyler Woods BlakeDouthitTalib Kweli GreeneTyler Woods4 307 Whassup With U featuring Keisha Shontelle BlakeDouthitKeisha Hinnant4 508 One for You Big Lou BlakeDouthit2 479 Just Display BlakeDouthit2 5310 Here We Go BlakeDouthit4 5111 Throwin Shade BlakeDouthit3 2412 Shinin Y all featuring Arafat Yates and Big Chops BlakeDouthitV KernsK Dickens3 3313 Man Listen Cause Ummm featuring Carlitta Durand BlakeDouthit3 11Total length 47 39Personnel editKenyatta Buckshot Blake main artist executive producer Patrick 9th Wonder Douthit main artist producer recording Swan featured artist track 3 Carlitta Durand featured artist tracks 4 13 Talib Kweli featured artist track 6 Tyler Woods featured artist track 6 Keisha Shontelle featured artist track 7 Arafat Yates featured artist track 12 Big Chops of M1 Platoon featured artist track 12 Beat Justice additional vocals track 1 Brittany B additional vocals track 1 Chi Chi additional vocals track 1 The World Famous Danny Boy additional vocals track 1 Ian Schreier mixing Michael Sarsfield mastering Drew Dru Ha Friedman executive producer Skrilla design layout Robert Adam Mayer photography Noah Friedman project coordinator marketing directionCharts editChart 2005 Peak positionUS Billboard 200 11 137US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 12 47US Independent Albums Billboard 13 17US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 14 2References edit Ewing Aliya May 7 2008 Hip Hop Album Sales Week Ending 5 4 08 HipHopDX Retrieved October 15 2020 Duck Down Archived from the original on December 18 2007 Retrieved December 23 2007 a b Critic Reviews for The Formula Metacritic Metacritic Retrieved October 15 2020 Purdom Clayton The Formula 9th Wonder Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved October 15 2020 a b Rabin Nathan May 5 2008 9th Wonder And Buckshot The Formula The A V Club Retrieved October 15 2020 Springer Anthony May 2 2008 9th Wonder amp Buckshot The Formula HipHopDX Retrieved October 15 2020 a b McGarvey Evan May 22 2008 Buckshot The Formula Pitchfork Retrieved October 15 2020 a b Woods Emilee May 6 2008 9th Wonder amp Buckshot The Formula Duck Down Records www rapreviews com Retrieved October 15 2020 a b Reeves Mosi May 2008 SPIN Vol 24 SPIN Media LLC p 96 ISSN 0886 3032 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint date and year link Jenning Omar June 9 2008 9th Wonder And Buckshot The Formula The Skinny The Skinny Retrieved October 15 2020 Buckshot Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved October 15 2020 Buckshot Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved October 15 2020 Buckshot Chart History Independent Albums Billboard Retrieved October 15 2020 Buckshot Chart History Heatseekers Albums Billboard Retrieved October 15 2020 External links edit9th Wonder amp Buckshot The Formula at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Formula album amp oldid 1109111305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
